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KODAK Gallery Adds UNCOMMON Photo Cases to its Product Offerings

KODAK Gallery unveils personalized cases for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G/3GS

EMERYVILLE, Calif., July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- KODAK Gallery (http://www.kodakgallery.com), the only online photo service uniquely designed for your KODAK MOMENTS, will unveil an assortment of personalized UNCOMMON photo cases for iPhone devices for the iPhone 4 and iPhone 3G/3GS on Kodakgallery.com.

Users can choose from three iPhone photo cases made of shatterproof polymer and designed with the highest standards of quality and durability. These personalized cases, by UNCOMMONwill include both one and two-piece options.

"Now that we've added UNCOMMON photo cases for iPhone devices to KODAK Gallery users can express their personality in style. With this new product, users can add unique photos to their iPhone to make certain their phone stands out in a crowd," said Peter Amico, Vice President of Product Management and Engineering.

The UNCOMMON CAPSULE and DEFLECTOR both provide a slim fit and direct access to all device features. All cases are made using a proprietary printing technology in which the photo is deeply embedded for vibrant, scratch-resistant image display.

All models are equipped with an anti-glare camera ring to ensure photography is never limited. The CAPSULE also includes a twin shot bezel to protect the screen.

To create an UNCOMMON Photo Case for the iPhone device from KODAK Gallery please visit http://www.kodakgallery.com/iphonecase.

About Kodak

As the world's foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers, businesses, and creative professionals unleash the power of pictures and printing to enrich their lives.

To learn more, visit http://www.kodak.com and follow our blogs and more at http://www.kodak.com/go/followus.

More than 75 million people worldwide manage, share and create photo gifts online at KODAK Gallery -- join today at http://www.kodakgallery.com.

2011 Kodak and KODAK MOMENT are trademarks of Kodak.

SOURCE  KODAK Gallery

KODAK Gallery

CONTACT: Robin Carr, Kodak Gallery, +1-510-229-1292, rcarr@kodakgallery.com; Ilana Shenitzer, Ketchum, +1-312-228-6894, ilana.shenitzer@ketchum.com

Web Site: http://www.kodak.com

Esurance Brings Car Repair Monitoring Service to Facebook

Consumers Using RepairView(TM) Experience Higher Customer Satisfaction

SAN FRANCISCO, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Esurance, the direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, today announced that its RepairView(TM) online repair monitoring service is available for consumers using Facebook.

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Using RepairView, customers who have filed a claim with Esurance and have their car repaired at one of the 1,000+ Esurance-approved E-star repair facilities nationwide can monitor the entire car repair process from any computer or smartphone and share the photos on Facebook Non-Esurance consumers can access RepairView on their desktop computer and enjoy the same Facebook-sharing functionality.

Once a user connects RepairView to a Facebook account, the most recent repair photos post automatically to their Facebook Wall. This exclusive feature provides consumers a unique mechanism for sharing their photos with their social networks. Esurance is the first car insurance company in the industry to integrate this unique technology into Facebook.

For smartphone users, RepairView is available through Esurance Mobile, the free app for iPhone®, Android(TM) and Windows® Phone 7 devices. Other smartphone users can access RepairView via the Esurance Mobile website

"Online repair monitoring has been a customer favorite since we first started offering it in 2007," said Joe Laurentino, Esurance vice president of material damage. "Integrating RepairView with Facebook helps us provide a more seamless online experience for customers and leverages the power of social media."

RepairView offers customers a better claims experience. Recent Esurance statistics found that:

    --  In the first quarter of 2011, consumers that used RepairView rated their
        claims experience nine points higher than those that did not.
    --  Consumers who take advantage of the RepairView integration with Facebook
        have their car repair photos viewed seven times more often than those
        who don't (1).
    --  Women aged 35 and over, in particular, find RepairView's Facebook
        integration particularly useful: the number of female users in the 35+
        demographic who used RepairView via Facebook outnumbered male users by
        eight percent during the first quarter of 2011.

RepairView's web-enabled system exemplifies the "technology" aspect of Esurance's best-of-both-worlds approach to car insurance, which promises: Technology when you want it. People when you don't(TM). View a demo of RepairView at http://www.esurance.com/repairview.

About Esurance®

Esurance, a subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM), provides personal auto insurance direct to consumers online and through select agents, including sister company, Answer Financial. Esurance is dedicated to constantly improving the way people shop for, buy, and manage their auto insurance. By combining the best of technology with industry know-how, Esurance is able to offer hassle-free coverage with 24/7 customer service and claims handling at competitive prices.

Through Esurance's website, http://www.esurance.com, customers can get instant car insurance quotes, view comparison quotes, buy an Esurance policy, and print their insurance cards-- all in minutes. Esurance also offers policyholders the ability to make policy changes and file claims instantly online, demonstrating its commitment to improving the entire insurance process from quote to claim.

Answer Financial, also a subsidiary of White Mountains, is one of the largest independent personal lines insurance agencies in the country. Answer Financial offers comparison quotes and provides auto and property insurance from more than a dozen top-rated insurance companies through its website, http://www.answerfinancial.com, and over the phone. In May 2011, White Mountains announced that it signed a definitive agreement to sell Esurance and Answer Financial to The Allstate Corporation (NYSE: ALL), the nation's largest publicly held personal lines insurer. The transaction is subject to regulatory and other customary closing conditions, including review by antitrust authorities and state regulators, and is expected to close in the fall of 2011.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included or referenced in this release which address activities, events or developments which we expect or anticipate will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. The words "will," "believe," "intend," "expect," "anticipate," "project," "estimate," "predict" and similar expressions are also intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements include, among others, statements with respect to White Mountains':

    --  changes in adjusted book value per share or return on equity;
    --  business strategy;
    --  financial and operating targets or plans;
    --  incurred losses and the adequacy of its loss and loss adjustment expense
        reserves and related reinsurance;
    --  projections of revenues, income (or loss), earnings (or loss) per share,
        dividends, market share or other financial forecasts;
    --  expansion and growth of our business and operations; and
    --  future capital expenditures.

These statements are based on certain assumptions and analyses made by White Mountains in light of its experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors believed to be appropriate in the circumstances. However, whether actual results and developments will conform to our expectations and predictions is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including:

    --  the risks associated with Item 1A of White Mountains' 2010 Annual Report
        on Form 10-K;
    --  claims arising from catastrophic events, such as hurricanes,
        earthquakes, floods or terrorist attacks;
    --  the continued availability of capital and financing;
    --  general economic, market or business conditions;
    --  business opportunities (or lack thereof) that may be presented to it and
        pursued;
    --  competitive forces, including the conduct of other property and casualty
        insurers and reinsurers;
    --  changes in domestic or foreign laws or regulations, or their
        interpretation, applicable to White Mountains, its competitors or its
        clients;
    --  an economic downturn or other economic conditions adversely affecting
        its financial position;
    --  recorded loss reserves subsequently proving to have been inadequate;
    --  actions taken by ratings agencies from time to time, such as financial
        strength or credit ratings downgrades or placing ratings on negative
        watch;
    --  other factors, most of which are beyond White Mountains' control.

Consequently, all of the forward-looking statements made in this press release are qualified by these cautionary statements, and there can be no assurance that the actual results or developments anticipated by White Mountains will be realized or, even if substantially realized, that they will have the expected consequences to, or effects on, White Mountains or its business or operations. White Mountains assumes no obligation to publicly update any such forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

(1) Data as of February 3, 2011

SOURCE  Esurance

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Esurance

CONTACT: Danny Miller, Senior Manager PR and Communications, Esurance, +1-415-875-4579, dmiller2@esurance.com

Web Site: http://www.esurance.com

WISeKey Protects and Encrypts Your Mobile Phone Calls From the Threat of Hacking With WISePhone Secure Phone

GENEVA, July 12, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    WISeKey launches WISePhone secure phone application for the Blackberry,
in addition to its versions available for the iPhone and Android. WISePhone
solves the problem of mobile phone security, by encrypting voice
communication anywhere in the world, even in regions where eavesdropping is
common.

    The release of WISePhone comes when the world is learning about the
proliferation of phone tapping activities. Authorities assert that today
telecommunication companies offer stronger password systems to access
voicemail accounts than just a few years ago, but nevertheless, voice
communication offers no promise of privacy.

    WISeKey developed WISePhone understanding that interception technology
exists and is used more than many are aware. Particularly with the increased
data stored and transmitted on Smart Phones, eavesdropping and wiretapping
are a genuine concern. People, corporations and governments need to be aware
of the real dangers of voice communication interception and take necessary
precautions against hacking, corporate espionage and cyber-terrorism.

    Gary Shainberg, WISeKey's Chief Innovation & Digital Officer said "by
using WISePhone people can be assured that their conversation will stay away
from prying ears, thanks to the high level of cryptography used. WISeKey is
using its globally recognized, digital security pedigree to make the
Internet safe for its users." Shainberg continued "This is just the first
iteration of the WISeKey Secure Communications Suite, with more applications
coming in the near future."

    WISePhone is simple to use and extremely secure. Your communication is
secured with transparent, military-grade encryption offering the same level
of security used by government agencies. WISePhone works with specific,
widely-used Smart phones currently operating in today's mobile environment,
so there is no need to buy a special phone.

    For more information:
http://www.wisephoneplus.com

   
    Contact:
    WISeKey SA
    Eileen Weinberg
    eweinber@wisekey.com
    +41-22-594-30-00

Source: WISeKey SA

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Synology Launches DiskStation DS2411+, Network Attached Storage Perfect for Photographers

REDMOND, Wash., July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Synology America Corp. today announced the release of the DS2411+, the first of its class in desktop storage. The new 12-bay NAS will pair with a DX1211 expansion module for up to 24 drives. Using 3TB disks allows for volumes of up to 72 TB.

The DiskStation provides a simple and reliable solution for the standard NAS roles such as easy file sharing, scheduled backups, remote access, and centralized management. Additional services can also be enabled, such as a built-in web server capable of hosting up to 30 sites at once, or an add-on email server. Synology's robust remote access has been further enhanced with apps available for free on Apple's® iOS devices or Android.

"This new model is a tremendous value," said Jason Bonoan, Product Marketing Manager at Synology America Corp. "Synology provides a competitive price/performance ratio, offering better value than the competition. While it would make a good fit for just about any business, photographers in particular should love this."

With camera resolutions still increasing, photographers will face growing need for storage space. The DS2411+ allows users to begin with only the amount of storage they need to begin with and scale on the fly.

Synology knows that photographers rely on more than simply their cameras. With Synology's award-winning DiskStation Manager, users can easily manage their storage. Synology's Hybrid RAID allows users to easily create redundant volumes, maximizing the use of mixed drive sizes. Synology has options for photographers to fit their needs, work style, and budget - but most importantly to help them assure their life's work.

See what the DS2411+ has to offer here: http://www.synology.com/us/solutions/photo_video/index.php

About Synology

Founded in April of 2000, Synology Inc. is a leader in next-generation Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers for the home and small to medium-sized business markets. Specializing in both hardware and software for network attached storage devices, Synology products are feature-rich, easy-to-use, energy-efficient, reliable and affordable. All Synology product investments are enhanced with product warranties, free software upgrades and 24/7 online support. Visit http://www.synology.com for more information.

Synology has a global presence with regional offices in the U.S. (Redmond, Washington) and the U.K. (London, England) and Taiwan (Taipei).

Press Contact

marketing.us@synology.com
Synology America Corp.

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SOURCE  Synology Inc.

Synology Inc.

CONTACT: Doug Self, +1-425-818-1587

Web Site: http://www.synology.com

World Nomads' iPad App, 'Ask a Nomad,' Opens Doors to New Experiences

SYDNEY, July 12, 2011 -- WorldNomads.com, http://www.worldnomads.com/, a global travel services company, announces an ingenious iPad app, Ask a Nomad, that allows you to tap into a global knowledge network to provide travel answers, inspiration and local assistance from other like-minded travelers around the world.

Powered by the Travel Knowledge Network, a group of travel websites harnessing their online community's knowledge, the iPad application affords the anytime/anywhere ability to ask and get answers on travel and other destination questions; plus it makes use of geo location to find content nearby. By creating an account, a user can store their questions and answers and access them offline, a necessary requirement for anyone traveling off the grid without Internet access.

"The best advice you can get on a destination generally comes from those that either live there, or have extensively traveled through the region," says Christina Tunnah of WorldNomads.com. "When you pose a query, your question actively gets routed to the travelers in the network most likely able to answer it based on their travel profile and answer history."

Tunnah explains, "Once you download the app, you can browse travel questions and answers from travelers all around the world. A simple sign-up then allows you to ask your own questions and share your answers to support other like-minded travelers."

According to Frommer's Unlimited 3rd annual 2011 Travel Content and User Experience Survey released in May 2011, there is a growth in the consumption of travel content from mobile devices including the iPad. 52% of all respondents use their mobile devices to get travel content while they are traveling (72% for 18-34 age bracket) and 38% use their devices for planning (60% of 18-34 year-old respondents).

In addition to convenience, answers through this app are up-to-date and often more accurate than guidebooks. "We have yet to see an app that taps into a global travel network, harnessing the knowledge of travelers across multiple communities. The social connectivity of 'Ask a Nomad' coupled with the speed of response makes this truly a valuable travel companion," says Tunnah.

Interested users may download the app Ask a Nomad (here) or online at http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/ask-a-nomad/id446302438?mt=8&ls=1. Any travel company interested in joining the Travel Knowledge Network is encouraged to contact Christina Tunnah by email at christina.tunnah@worldnomads.com.

About WorldNomads.com

World Nomads is a travel services company that's in the business of helping independent travelers stay safe and stress-free on the road. It provides global travel safety products and services to travelers from over 150 countries around the world. From great value travel insurance, travel safety advice, language guides and free online travel journals, WorldNomads.com provides the tools to keep clients travelling safely. All clients can donate to a community development project when purchasing travel insurance through the Footprints Charity program. WorldNomads.com is backed by a suite of strong, secure, specialist travel insurance companies. For more information, please visit http://www.worldnomads.com/.

MEDIA INQUIRIES:

Visit the World Nomads Press Room here - http://aboutus.worldnomads.com/index.php?pg3 - or contact Alexia Nestora, Lasso Communications, 1.303.898.3376, alexia@lassocommunications.com

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SOURCE  WorldNomads.com

WorldNomads.com

Web Site: http://www.worldnomads.com

New IBM zEnterprise Mainframe Server Advances Smarter Computing for Companies and Governments in Emerging Markets and Mid-size Clients around the World

ARMONK, N.Y., July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

    --  New z114 designed to consolidate workloads from hundreds of x86 servers
    --  Costs 25% less and offers up to 25% performance improvements over IBM
        z10 BC Servers
    --  High-end mainframe features now available at entry level price of
        $75,000
    --  Ability to manage workloads on select System x blades now available
    --  Designed to deliver Smarter Computing capabilities

IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new server -- a powerful version of the IBM zEnterprise System that's the most scalable mainframe ever -- to extend the mainframe's innovation and unique qualities to more organizations, especially companies and governments in emerging markets in Asia, Africa and elsewhere.

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The new IBM zEnterprise 114 mainframe server follows the introduction of the zEnterprise System for the world's largest banks, insurance companies and governments in July 2010.  The new server, which allows mid-sized organizations to enjoy the benefits of a mainframe as the foundation for their data centers, costs 25%(1) less and offers up to 25%(2) percent more performance than its predecessor, the System z10 BC server.  It is projected that clients can consolidate workloads from 40 x-86 processors running Oracle software on to a new z114 with just three processors running Linux,(3)  and over a three year period, total costs for hardware, software and support on the new z114 as compared to consolidated servers can be up to 80% less with similar dramatic savings on floor space and energy(3).

At a starting price of under $75,000 -- IBM's lowest ever price for a mainframe server -- the zEnterprise 114  is an especially attractive option for emerging markets experiencing rapid growth in new services for banking, retail, mobile devices, government services and other areas.  These organizations are faced with ever-increasing torrents of data and want smarter computing systems that help them operate efficiently, better understand customer behavior and needs, optimize decisions in real time and reduce risk.

IBM also introduced new features that allow the zEnterprise System to integrate and manage workloads on additional platforms.  New today is support for select System x blades within the zEnterprise System.   These select System x blades can run Linux x86 applications unchanged, and in the future will be able to run Windows applications.   With these capabilities, the zEnterprise System including the new z114 can help simplify data centers with its ability to manage workloads across mainframe, POWER7 and System x servers as a single system.  Using the zEnterprise Blade Center Extension (zBX), customers can also extend mainframe qualities, such as governance and manageability, to workloads running across multiple platforms.

IBM System z servers are also making inroads in emerging markets like Africa. Governments and businesses in Cameroon,Senegal and Namibia have all recently purchased new IBM mainframe servers.

zEnterprise 114

With the z114, clients can start with smaller configurations and access additional capacity built into the server as needed without increasing the data center footprint or systems management complexity and cost.  The new z114 is also designed to consolidate workloads from hundreds of x86 servers.

The z114 is powered by up to 14 of the industry's most sophisticated microprocessors of which up to 10 can be configured as specialty engines.  These specialty engines, the System z Application Assist Processor (zAAP), the System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP), and the Integrated Facility for Linux (IFL), are designed to integrate new Java, XML, and Linux applications and technologies with existing workloads, as well to optimize system resources and reduce costs on the mainframe.  For example, using a fully configured machine running Linux for System z, clients can create and maintain a Linux virtual server in the z114 for as little as $500 per year.(4)

The z114 offers up to an 18%(5) performance improvement for processing traditional System z workloads over its predecessor the z10 BC, and up to an additional 25%(6) improvement for microprocessor intensive workloads using compiler enhancements.

The z114 runs all the latest zEnterprise operating systems including the new z/OS V 1.13  announced today.  This new version adds new software deployment and disk management capabilities.  It also offers enhanced autonomics and early error detection features as well as the latest encryption and compliance features extending the mainframe's industry leading security capabilities.

Additional compliance and encryption features, the result of a multi-year effort from IBM Research, further enhance security with cryptography built into the DNA of System z, by designing hardware with processor and coprocessor based encryption capabilities.

Hybrid Computing

In a move that will further simplify data center management and reduce costs, IBM is also announcing the ability to integrate and manage workload on select IBM System x servers running Linux as part of the zEnterprise System(7).  Support for Microsoft Windows on select System x servers will follow.

This capability is delivered through the IBM zEnterprise Unified Resource Manager and the IBM zEnterprise BladeCenter Extension (zBX), which allows customers to integrate the management of zEnterprise System resources as a single system and extend mainframe qualities, such as governance and manageability, to workloads running on other select servers.

The zEnterprise System can now integrate and manage workloads running on tens of thousands of off-the-shelf applications on select general purpose IBM POWER7-based and System x blades as well as the IBM Smart Analytics Optimizer to analyze data faster at a lower cost per transaction and the IBM WebSphere DataPower XI50 for integrating web based workloads.

Up to 112 blades can be integrated and managed as part of zBX.  Different types of blades and optimizers can be mixed and matched with in the same BladeCenter chassis.

New Financing Options

IBM Global Financing offers attractive financing options for existing IBM clients looking to upgrade to a z114 as well as clients currently using select HP and Oracle servers.

For current System z clients, IBM Global Financing (IGF) can buy back older systems for cash and upgrade customers to the z114 on a Fair Market Value (FMV) lease, which offers a predictable monthly payment.  IGF will remove and recycle these older systems in compliance with environmental laws and regulations and pay clients the fair market value of  HP and Oracle-Sun servers.   IGF is also offering a 6 month deferral of any hardware, software, services or any combination for clients who wish to upgrade now, but pay later.

IGF is also offering a 0% financing for 12 months on any IBM Software, including IBM middleware for the z114 such as Tivoli, WebSphere, Rational, Lotus and Analytics products.

For additional information please visit http://www.ibm.com/systems.

Contact: Ron FavaliIBMfavali@us.ibm.com813-356-4010

(1) $75k starting price for IBM z114 compared to $100k for z10 Business Class announced in October 2008.  Price may vary by country.  IBM z114 to ship later this quarter.

(2) The z114 will exhibit up to 25% increase for CPU intensive workload as provided by multiple C/C++ compiler level improvements when going from z/OS 1.09 to z/OS 1.12-

(3) Based on consolidation of x86 servers running Oracle software including the cost of the hardware, software license charges, software support, and servers in a 3 year TCA of including discounted z/VM license and support, and hardware maintenance over a 3 year period.

(4) Linux on System z virtual servers can be: Less than $1370 for three years; Less than $460 per year; Less than $1.25 per day. Based on US Enterprise Linux Server pricing. Pricing may vary by country. Model configuration included 10 IFL cores running a mixed workload averaging 31 virtual machines per core with varying degrees of activity. Includes zEnterprise hardware and z/VM virtualization software. Does not include Linux OS or middleware software.

(5) Relative capacity and performance compares at equal software levels as measured by IBM Large System Performance Reference (LSPR) workloads using z/OS® 1.11, Results may vary

(6) The z114 will exhibit up to 25% performance improvement, based on measurements and projections, for CPU intensive workloads when accompanied by multiple C/C++ compiler level improvements going from XL C/C++  V1R9 to V1R12

(7) General availability for select System x blades is expected on 9/26/11.

IBM Global Financing offerings are provided through IBM Credit LLC in the United States  and other IBM subsidiaries and divisions worldwide to qualified commercial and government clients. Rates and availability are based on a client's credit rating, financing terms, offering type, equipment type and options, and may vary by country. Non-hardware items must be one-time, non-recurring charges and are financed by means of loans.  Some offerings are not available in certain countries.  Other restrictions may apply. Rates and offerings are subject to change, extension or withdrawal without notice.

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My Damn Channel Launches Slacktory to Turn the Internet on Itself

Satirical Blog Warriors Led by Editor Nick Douglas of AOL's Urlesque and Gawker's Valleywag

NEW YORK, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- My Damn Channel announces the launch of Slacktory(http://slacktory.com), a creative, remix-happy blog about the pop culture of the internet. Slacktory will publish parodies of sites like Redditand the Cheezburgernetwork, guides for dominating the iTunes App Store by copying everyone else, PSAs for annoying Twitter friends, a plain-English translation of the Facebook terms of service, and online dating horror stories. Slacktory will also create and curate videos which amuse and parody the net on a companion destination at http://www.MyDamnChannel.com/Slacktory.

Slacktory is edited by Nick Douglas, the founding editor of Gawker Media's Valleywag and recent editor of AOL's Urlesque. Douglas is the editor of the HarperCollins book Twitter Wit: Brilliance in 140 Characters or Less. His work has been published in Slate, Wired, Esquire.com, BlackBook, PC Mag and Gawker.

Nick Douglas said, "I want to assure the internet that we mean it no harm, and that our weekly column by Mark Zuckerberg is completely real, except for the spot where we say it's not at all real."

Slacktory uses video, Photoshop, GIF makers, and any other tool its writers can wrangle to turn the internet on itself. Slacktory includes new work by contributors from McSweeney's, Thought Catalog, and the New York Times. Its inspirations include Spy and MAD Magazines, Screenwipe, Improv Everywhere, Regretsy, and Boing Boing.

My Damn Channel, the entertainment studio and distributor of original videos by top talent, marks the launch of a new blog network with the debut of Slacktory. Rob Barnett, Founder/CEO of My Damn Channel, said, "We're launching a slew of new blogs and bringing old pals into our funhouse this summer. Nick Douglas and his writers will make Slacktory an essential daily read for internet addicts everywhere...or we get our money back!"

About Slacktory

Born July 2011, Slacktory is a comedic blog about the pop culture of the internet at http://slacktory.com. Editor Nick Douglas and a team of talented freelance contributors analyze, abuse and parody the rest of the net. Plenty of blogs act like the newspapers of the internet, reporting and aggregating news. We're the magazine. A little New York, a little MAD, a little Spy. If you want to write, draw or crunch numbers for us, email the editor. We pay.

About My Damn Channel

My Damn Channel is a leading entertainment studio and distributor of premium videos by top talent. My Damn Channel empowers filmmakers, comedians, actors, musicians, broadcasters and brands to co-produce and distribute original video on http://www.MyDamnChannel.com and on its syndication network on all digital platforms. The company has launched some of the most successful, original comedy series including Wainy Days, Gigi: Almost American, Easy to Assemble, Horrible People, the cult phenomenon You Suck at Photoshop, and videos by Harry Shearer. My Damn Channel creates premium, branded entertainment and guarantees audience delivery for partners including HBO, IFC, Adult Swim, Subway, Puma, Trident, Southern Comfort, IKEA, and Lincoln. The My Damn Channel blog network launched in 2011. ARE YOU STILL READING? Please watch 2 minutes here: http://www.MyDamnChannel.com/SizzleReel

Press contact for Inquiries and Interviews:
Heather Gee Szeto, +1-212-582-2199, Heather@MyDamnChannel.com

SOURCE  My Damn Channel

My Damn Channel

Web Site: http://www.mydamnchannel.com

Cricket Launches the Huawei Ascend II

~ Wireless Innovator Brings Exciting New Android® Smartphone to Customers at Smart Value Pricing ~

SAN DIEGO, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cricket Communications Inc.,a leading provider of innovative and value-driven wireless services and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Leap Wireless International, Inc. (NASDAQ:LEAP), today announced the launch of the Huawei Ascend II, the successor to Cricket's highly-successful deployment of its first low-cost Android device, the Ascend, that was launched in October last year.

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"We are excited about the sleek, new Huawei Ascend II," said Matt Stoiber, vice president and general manager of devices for Cricket Communications. "The original Ascend has been our best-selling smartphone and the Ascend II is sure to impress our customers with its faster processor, 5 megapixel camera and the Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system."

This value-priced Android comes with a 3.5" HVGA touch-screen with virtual keyboard, Wi-Fi capability and 3G Real Web Browsing. The Ascend II has lots of great smartphone features packed into an affordable package.  Cricket's fifth Android smartphone also includes great features like a 5 MP camera/camcorder and a MP3 player/microSD slot. The Ascend II features the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and a 600 MHz processor. This smartphone also gives customers access to more than 200,000 cool apps on the Android Market(TM) as well as great Google applications such as YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search and more.

Reinforcing Cricket's innovation value proposition and dedication to respecting value-seeking customers, the Huawei Ascend II is offered for a suggested MSRP of $179.99 in Cricket branded retail stores, select dealers and on http://www.mycricket.com. Prices may vary by market and by promotional programs.

The feature-packed Ascend II will be offered on Cricket's all-inclusive $55 Android plan, which provides users with unlimited talk, text, 411 information, international text, unlimited and video picture messages, unlimited data services on the company's reliable all 3G network, and more.  Additionally, customers utilizing the $55 rate plan have free access to MyBackup, a system that enables subscribers to automatically protect, store and edit their mobile contacts online and without the need for data cables.

For more information about Cricket's dynamic device lineup, please visit http://www.mycricket.com. 

About Cricket

Cricket is the pioneer of simple and affordable unlimited wireless services with no long-term commitments or credit checks required serving more than 5.8 million customers in 35 states and the District of Columbia. Cricket offers wireless voice and broadband Internet services over the latest technology, high-quality, all-digital 3G CDMA2000 1X and 1xEV-DO wireless network. Cricket's nationwide wireless voice service plans include unlimited anytime minutes, unlimited U.S. long distance, unlimited text and picture messaging, unlimited text to Mexico, unlimited Mobile Web, unlimited directory assistance, as well as a variety of calling features and feature-rich mobile applications such as popular games, ringtones and wallpapers. For more information on Cricket, visit http://www.mycricket.com. Cricket is offered by Leap Wireless International, Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif. For more information on Leap, visit http://www.leapwireless.com.

Android is a trademark of Google Inc. Use of this trademark is subject to Google Permissions.

SOURCE  Cricket Communications Inc.

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Cricket Communications Inc.

CONTACT: Greg Lund, Media Relations, Cricket Communications Inc., +1-858-882-9105, glund@cricketcommunications.com; Amy Wakeham, Investor Relations, +1-858-882-9876, awakeham@leapwireless.com, for Cricket Communications Inc.

Web Site: http://www.mycricket.com

GCE Launches Mobile Service for Cloud Financial Management

Mobile Cloud offers unprecedented access to financial management tools.

RESTON, Va., July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Global Computer Enterprises (GCE) unveiled today a mobile service for accessing and managing financial functions for the Federal government. The service, which operates on any smart device, allows users to conduct a variety of time-sensitive activities, such as approving purchase requests, conducting searches, and receiving goods or services on the go.

"The expansion of our Financial Management Cloud for mobile access is an example of GCE's commitment to providing modern and innovative tools to our customers," said Ray Muslimani, GCE President and CEO. "This new service gives our customers a new level of technology and convenience within GCE's secure Cloud environment."

GCE's Mobile Cloud allows users access from any smart device, such as a smart phone or a tablet computer. Currently, the application offers look-up function that allows users to search for transactions to see a full summary of Requisitions and Obligation documents such as procurement, travel, and grants transactions. Users can also view transactions pending approval, and approve or reject requisitions and purchase orders from the mobile screen with just one click.

"This new mobile service is an example of the power of the Cloud for customers," said Seshu Simhadri, GCE's Chief Technology Officer. "Our new mobile offering demonstrates that as a service provider GCE is consistently working to modernize, upgrade, and make investments in innovation for the benefit of our customers and the industry."

GCE was recently awarded a prime contract to provide a comprehensive Federal financial management service to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), which is now underway. The Department of Labor successfully transitioned to GCE's Financial Management Cloud in January 2010 and has since then achieved a "clean audit" of its financial statements.

About GCE
For more than a decade, Global Computer Enterprises (GCE) has delivered enterprise wide financial management solutions to the Federal government. GCE's cloud-computing based solution drives major operational efficiencies and ensures more effective compliance with Federal financial regulations. With significant expertise in Federal financial management, successful implementation and integration, and data migration, GCE offers the most innovative and expeditious solution for agencies seeking to streamline operations, increase compliance, and lower costs in their financial management systems. For more on GCE, visit http://www.gcefederal.com.

SOURCE  Global Computer Enterprises (GCE)

Global Computer Enterprises (GCE)

CONTACT: Carly Vendemia of Qorvis Communications, +1-202-683-3244, cvendemia@qorvis.com

Web Site: http://www.gcefederal.com

CPA Global's Inprotech IP Practice Management Software Offers Law Firms Ultimate Flexibility With Full Web Access

Latest Release Designed to Help Law Firms Increase Efficiency While Enhancing Ability to Manage Clients' IP Portfolios

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, July 12, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    CPA Global, the world's leading intellectual property (IP) management
specialist and IP software solutions provider, announced today the
availability of Inprotech 7.0, offering law firms ultimate flexibility in
managing their clients' IP portfolios, as well as their own IP practice.

    This major new release is the latest in a series of product innovations
to come from CPA Global's ongoing investment in its market-leading software
solutions. Inprotech 7.0 provides a host of improvements, making it an
important tool both for practice management and decision-support. It is
designed to help law firms access better quality information more quickly,
thus increasing efficiency and saving valuable time; while offering even
greater flexibility through full web access. A key new feature is Prior Art
functionality, which enables law firms to provide the comprehensive
Information Disclosure reporting (IDS) now being requested by many national
IP offices.

    Inprotech IP practice management software is already installed in over
130 law firms across four continents. Release 7.0 has been developed using
Microsoft Silverlight web application technology, which allows users to
navigate and manipulate data more efficiently and makes sorting, grouping
and drilling down into details of cases easier than ever before. Inprotech
7.0 is also fully integrated with the Microsoft SQL Server Reporting
Services tool to ensure greater flexibility in reporting to clients.

    Other significant enhancements in Inprotech 7.0 include:

   
    - A sophisticated case data import and export solution,
      ideally suited to transferring case details between firms and agents;
    - 'Keep on Top Notes' that can be used as a constant reminder of
      important details about clients or procedural matters;
    - Data validation rules, which can be tailored to suit each firm,
      preventing errors and misunderstanding;
    - Improved and expanded Document Management System integration;
    - New file tracking in the web version of Inprotech 7.0, which
      allows paper files to be tracked, requested and monitored; and a more
      flexible billing system which provides more options for margins and
      discounts.

    Mark Wylde, CPA Global's Technology Services Director, said: "Inprotech
7.0 represents one of the most significant and innovative advances in IP
management software technology anywhere in the market today, and underlines
CPA Global's ongoing commitment to work with our software clients to
continue to improve the solutions we provide.

    "This latest release is designed to empower users by automating more
tasks; by offering simplified access via the web and a configurable user
interface; and by making real-time data more readily available. Users have
the ultimate flexibility to manage their clients' IP portfolios and practice
administration remotely, whether from home, other offices or even while
traveling. This, together with the more comprehensive information on cases
and greater flexibility in reporting that is available through Inprotech
7.0, enables users to respond on a timelier basis to requests and add
further value to the service they provide to their clients. Client service
is further enhanced by allowing clients to instruct online and by making
reports and case information available online to clients."

    The development of Inprotech 7.0 emphasises the importance of CPA
Global's ongoing dialogue with clients through its advisory council meetings
and annual software user conferences. CPA Global has separate Software
Advisory Councils (SACs) for each of its three market-leading software
solutions: FoundationIP, Memotech and Inprotech.

    About Inprotech

    CPA Global's Inprotech is a suite of IP management software,
specifically designed for IP attorney firms. Considered the most advanced,
secure and versatile IP solution available on the market, Inprotech assists
in the day-to-day management of every aspect of the IP administration, from
renewals to client reporting and billing. The software's modular approach
means even the smallest firm can take advantage of the system and have the
option to grow into full functionality when required.

    For further information, visit:
http://www.cpaglobal.com/software/inprotech or contact the CPA Global
communications team below.

    About CPA Global

    CPA Global is the world's top intellectual property (IP) management
specialist and a leading provider of legal services outsourcing
[http://www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing ] (LSO). With offices
across the United States, Europe, Asia and the Pacific, CPA Global supports
many of the world's best known corporations and law firms with a diverse set
of legal and IP specific requirements.

    CPA Global helps its clients manage their valuable IP Rights, such as
patents, designs and trademarks [http://www.cpaglobal.com/trademarks ],
ensuring that IP portfolios are protected, maintained and regularly reviewed
in order to maximize value. The company is also a leading player in the fast
growing LSO sector, providing a range of outsourced legal services through
delivery centers in the US and India. Services include document review
[http://www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing/document_review ],
transaction support, contract solutions, and legal research
[http://www.cpaglobal.com/legal_process_outsourcing/legal_research ].

    Founded in Jersey, Channel Islands in 1969, CPA Global today employs
more than 1,500 people, serving clients' needs in over 100 countries. The
company has a large and diverse list of clients: from major global
corporations to small and medium-sized enterprises and innovation start-ups;
and from the top international law firms to national and regional law and IP
firms. Clients include leading Fortune 500 and FTSE companies, and
two-thirds of the Global Lawyer 100.

    For further information visit: http://www.cpaglobal.com
[http://www.cpaglobal.com/discover ]

   
    Media Contacts

    United States:
    Elodie Guillon +1-703-236-3176, eguillon@cpaglobal.com
    Julie Mandell  +1-571-227-7025, jmandell@cpaglobal.com

    United Kingdom:
    Steve Clark, +44(0)20-7549-5504, sclark@cpaglobal.com
    Victoria Knowles, +44(0)20-7549-4585, vknowles@cpaglobal.com

Source: CPA Global

.

Micrel Joins MIPI® Alliance to Provide Innovative Analog and Power Solutions With Standard Interfaces

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Micrel Inc., (Nasdaq: MCRL), an industry leader in analog, high bandwidth communications and Ethernet IC solutions, today announced that it had joined MIPI Alliance as an Adopter Member. MIPI Alliance strives to establish specifications for standard hardware and software interfaces in mobile devices, and encourages the adoption of those standards throughout the mobile ecosystem. Micrel's goal is to ensure Micrel IC interoperability with the rapidly expanding number of Smartphones, Tablet PCs and Handhelds through the support and use of a common digital interface.

"MIPI Alliance is pleased to welcome Micrel Semiconductor as a member of our growing team in support of IC interoperability and MIPI specifications," said Joel Huloux, Chairman of the Board of MIPI Alliance. "Our strength is in our members' technology and we look forward to their efforts promoting reuse and ongoing compatibility in mobile devices."

"We are excited to join MIPI Alliance so that Micrel can provide interoperable solutions to our mobile industry partners," noted Andy Khayat, director portable analog, Micrel. "This aligns Micrel with MIPI in support of a unified set of common standards in a rapidly expanding industry."

About Micrel, Inc.

Micrel Inc. is a leading global manufacturer of IC solutions for the worldwide analog, Ethernet and high bandwidth markets. The Company's products include advanced mixed-signal, analog and power semiconductors; high performance communication, clock management, Ethernet switch and physical layer transceiver ICs. Company customers include leading manufacturers of enterprise, consumer, industrial, mobile, telecommunications, automotive, and computer products. Corporation headquarters and state-of-the-art wafer fabrication facilities are located in San Jose, CA, with regional sales and support offices and advanced technology design centers situated throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia. In addition, the Company maintains an extensive network of distributors and reps worldwide. Web: http://www.micrel.com.

About MIPI Alliance

MIPI Alliance is a global, collaborative organization comprised of companies that span the mobile ecosystem and are committed to defining and promoting interface specifications for mobile devices. MIPI Specifications establish standards for hardware and software interfaces which drive new technology and enable faster deployment of new features and services across the mobile ecosystem. For more information, visit http://www.mipi.org.

SOURCE  Micrel Inc.

Micrel Inc.

CONTACT: Julieanne DiBene, Marketing Communications of Micrel Inc., +1-408-474-1276, Julie.DiBene@Micrel.com

Web Site: http://www.mipi.org

WONKA Launches First Branded 360-Degree Interactive Video in U.S. With New WONKA YouTube Channel

WONKA® Chocolate YouTube Channel Showcases New Chocolate Offerings through the WONKA Imagination Room, offering viewers a never-before-seen experience on YouTube

GLENDALE, Calif., July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The WONKA chocolate factory, known for producing the world's most incomparably imaginative chocolate today launches the WONKA Imagination Room, a fully immersive and interactive video experience never before seen on YouTube in the U.S. The WONKA Imagination Room video is the first 360-degree branded video ever to appear in the U.S. market on YouTube, and is the first time a U.S. marketing campaign of this online nature has ever been featured on YouTube.

"With the WONKA Imagination Room now online, consumers will finally get a rare sneak peek inside WONKA's chocolate factory," said spokesperson Tricia Bowles of Nestle USA Confections and Snacks. "The WONKA Imagination Room is a new, chocolate-centric channel on YouTube, where viewers can explore and enjoy an interactive sensory experience that is uniquely WONKA."

Using both in-video captions and 360-degree video technology, the WONKA YouTube channel experience takes visitors across four whimsical WONKA rooms, each tied to a specific WONKA chocolate - Chocolate Waterfall, Scrumdiddlyumptious, Triple Dazzle Caramel, or Fantabulous Fudge. Each WONKA-flavored room has its own unique way to make you see, hear, touch, and experience the world around you. The WONKA Imagination Room uses a combination of sensorial and technological techniques for the first time, with 360-degree videos that engage the senses and deliver an element of surprise unexpected from a YouTube experience.

"By creating 360-degree 'rooms' on YouTube, WONKA Chocolate has found a way to delight the inner child in all of us," said YouTube's Suzie Reider, national sales director of display and video. "The whimsical experience WONKA has created shows what is possible for brand advertisers on the web."

With the interactive WONKA Imagination Room, consumers can control the view and uncover different puzzles and other fun online challenges in the WONKA Imagination Room, giving the video-viewing experience an added layer of immersion and interactivity. With this technology, users not only can play and watch the videos, but actually interact and participate in the video experience at http://www.youtube.com/wonka.

Inspired by the story of the iconic candy maker, WONKA debuted its two new varieties - Triple Dazzle Caramel (creamy milk chocolate filled with buttery caramel and a dazzle of sea salt) and Fantabulous Fudge (velvety milk chocolate filled with decadent chocolate fudge) earlier this year. Designed to delight and tickle your taste buds, WONKA chocolates are made with natural ingredients and are available in full-sized large bars (tablets) and bags of individually wrapped pieces. The new WONKA chocolate collection is now available in stores nationwide.

About WONKA Chocolate

The two new varieties, Triple Dazzle Caramel and Fantabulous Fudge, join the WONKA chocolate collection: WONKA Scrumdiddlyumptious Chocolate Bar, made with toffee pieces, crispy cookies and crunchy peanuts wrapped in milk chocolate, and the WONKA Chocolate Waterfall Bar, with creamy white chocolate swirled in milk chocolate.

About Nestle USA

Named one of "The World's Most Admired Food Companies" in FORTUNE magazine for 14 consecutive years, Nestle provides quality brands and products that bring flavor to life every day. From nutritious meals with LEAN CUISINE® to baking traditions with NESTLE® TOLL HOUSE®, Nestle USA makes delicious, convenient, and nutritious food and beverage products that make good living possible. That's what "Nestle. Good Food, Good Life" is all about. Nestle USA, with 2010 sales of $10.4 billion, is part of Nestle S.A. in Vevey, Switzerland -- the world's largest food company with a commitment to Nutrition, Health & Wellness -- with 2010 sales of $105 billion. For product news and information, visit Nestleusa.com or NestleNewsroom.com.

FOR PRESS INQUIRIES ONLY:
Media Contact:
Jessica del Mundo, GolinHarris
213-623-4200
jdelmundo@golinharris.com

SOURCE  Nestle USA

Nestle USA

Web Site: http://www.Nestleusa.com

DotAsia to Support Asian New gTLDs

Launch of Chinese, Japanese and Korean ".Asia" IDN Continues

Priority Sunrise Registration Period Closes: July 25 2011

Open Landrush Registration Begins: August 2, 2011

HONG KONG, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- Following the approval from ICANN for the implementation of the new gTLD (Generic Top-Level Domain) program, DotAsia today announces its plans to support new gTLDs from Asia, including its own IDN (Internationalized Domain Name) TLDs and applications from other Asian new gTLD applicants.

(Logo: http://www.prnasia.com/xprn/sa/200808151139.jpg )

"As one of the latest new gTLDs, and as a not-for-profit organization with a core mandate to promote Internet development and adoption, DotAsia is well equipped to provide support to new gTLD aspirants from Asia.  We believe our experience and understanding in the ICANN process, policies, technology and market will help Asian new gTLDs become successful," says Edmon Chung, CEO of DotAsia.  "Domain names are analogous to Internet real-estate, and this opening of new gTLDs is like a watershed deregulation.  We are prepared to lend our expertise to assist Asian initiatives so Asia does not lose out on this 'land grab'.  Domains is also an important Internet resource supporting development, especially considering the introduction of Asian language IDN gTLDs."

DotAsia is planning to offer support to new gTLD applicants from Asia, assisting in the application process, policy and community development, finance and other aspects of creating and operating a for-profit or a community gTLD.  Interested parties are welcome to inquire further at: info@ngtld.asia.

Meanwhile, building on the successful launch of alphanumeric (ASCII) ".Asia" registrations, Sunrise (i.e. Priority Registration) for Chinese, Japanese and Korean Internationalized Domain Name (IDN -- web address represented in local languages) continues with a similar phased approach to ensure orderly introduction of IDN ".Asia" domains. Sunrise (http://www.idn.asia) and the Pioneer Domains Program (http://pioneer.domains.asia), opened on May 11, will close on July 25, 2011.

"IDNs will change the perceived value of domain names in Asia as businesses discover the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) value of domains.  Hundreds of millions of Chinese, Japanese and Korean users are actively searching online in their native language. IDN realizes the SEO value by making it possible to have a domain name matching what users are searching for, thereby improving the ranking of your website," added Chung.

Media enquiries:

Beatrice Chan
Beatrice@dot.asia
+852-2368-8173

SOURCE  DotAsia Organisation

DotAsia Organisation

Web Site: http://pioneer.domains.asia

MicroStrategy Announces General Availability of MicroStrategy Cloud

Platform Accelerates Time to Market, and Reduces Project Risk and Cost for Large-Scale Applications

MONTE CARLO, Monaco, July 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence (BI) software, today announced the general availability of MicroStrategy Cloud, a cloud-based platform-as-a-service. MicroStrategy Cloud is the first cloud-based service to enable rapid, cost-effective development of business intelligence, mobile and social apps, leveraging hundreds of thousands of terabytes of data and scaling to hundreds of thousands of users. The announcement of MicroStrategy Cloud was made today at the company's worldwide launch event and European user conference in Monte Carlo.

Compared to traditional on-premises BI approaches, MicroStrategy Cloud is quicker to deploy (within 48 hours) and more flexible, delivers world-class performance, and offers significant financial advantages. MicroStrategy Cloud is powerful and flexible enough to support the full range of cloud use cases, from fast, flexible tactical BI solutions, to the largest implementations where performance and scalability are imperative.

Cloud-based solutions typically accelerate application development and deployment, which speeds time to market, increases return on IT investment, and creates competitive advantage. While generic cloud approaches are not designed for the unique requirements of large scale business intelligence, MicroStrategy Cloud is a purpose-built cloud service architected and optimized for large data volumes, high concurrency, and high performance.

Complete Business Intelligence Platform-as-a-Service

MicroStrategy Cloud makes the complete MicroStrategy BI platform available as a cloud-based service. Subscribers have unlimited access to the full suite of MicroStrategy technology for reporting and analysis, enabling users to tap into enterprise data from their desktop or mobile device, improving insight and business decision making. Additional benefits include:

    --  Elastic and Scalable. MicroStrategy Cloud scales dynamically in response
        to demand, from tens of users to multiple thousands of users.

    --  Multiple Data Source Options. MicroStrategy Cloud customers can connect
        directly to their on-premises or cloud-based data sources via
        MicroStrategy's multisource capabilities. In addition, customers can opt
        to build and host their own database on the MicroStrategy Cloud through
        integrated database and data integration options.

    --  Managed Environment. MicroStrategy Cloud is configured, optimized, and
        maintained by MicroStrategy, so organizations no longer have to worry
        about provisioning hardware, tuning the architecture, or upgrading
        software.

World-Class Performance

MicroStrategy Cloud is a tightly integrated, highly optimized environment that combines the latest hardware and software from best-of-breed vendors. It combines the latest in-memory, 64-bit business intelligence technology with massively parallel, high memory database architecture. This world-class infrastructure is continuously monitored and optimized by an elite team of performance specialists.

Integrated Database and Data Integration

MicroStrategy Cloud includes optional database services in three pre-integrated and optimized configurations to meet a range of price and performance requirements. Service options range from a highly cost-effective base service to an extreme high performance enterprise service that leverages dedicated warehouse appliances and supports high performance analytics on hundreds of terabytes of data. Optional data integration services include high throughput and parallel data loading capabilities. They integrate with on-premises or cloud-based data sources through a variety of out-of-the box connectors.

Accelerated Time to Market

Developing a large-scale BI infrastructure is typically a multi-year project that involves significant operational and financial risk. MicroStrategy Cloud eliminates inefficient and risky processes related to planning, architecting, sourcing, contracting, budgeting, hiring, training, installing, testing, deploying, and more. It enables organizations to directly tap into decades of experience in business intelligence and data warehousing, and into an expert team that has designed, managed, and operated some of the largest and most complex BI environments in the world. New customer-specific MicroStrategy Cloud environments can be made available in 48 hours, enabling organizations to immediately access a world-class platform that features industry-leading advanced hardware and software, pre-integrated and pre-optimized for high performance and availability.

Comprehensive Security

MicroStrategy Cloud services are designed to deliver the highest available levels of security and operational control. The MicroStrategy Cloud architecture leverages secure virtualized BI environments, data encryption, hardened network infrastructure including secure customer VLANs, and multilayer authentication and access control to secure customer information. Operational processes are managed via an adaptive control framework that maps to various industry standards. Physical hardware environments are maintained in secure, SAS-70 compliant cloud-based facilities with layered physical security and multi-factor access control.

Elite Platform Partners

MicroStrategy has carefully sourced, selected, and integrated technology from strategic vendor partners as part of the MicroStrategy Cloud architecture. These strategic vendor partners were chosen after a comprehensive analysis and performance assessment and will be at the core of MicroStrategy's growing cloud partner ecosystem. Initial MicroStrategy Cloud vendor partners include:

    --  IBM Netezza. IBM Netezza will provide its complete family of analytical
        appliances.  Together, IBM Netezza and MicroStrategy will deliver the
        first Big Data cloud database offering in business intelligence that can
        scale to handle petabytes of data.

    --  Informatica. Informatica has been selected as the data integration
        foundation for the MicroStrategy Cloud because of the company's long
        history of success in Cloud Data Integration. MicroStrategy Cloud
        customers will be able to choose from a multitenant Cloud-based Data
        Integration solution, or run their own dedicated Informatica environment
        in the MicroStrategy Cloud.

    --  ParAccel. ParAccel will bring its analytic platform to MicroStrategy
        Cloud customers, delivering extreme scalability to thousands of nodes
        and tens of thousands of users in a flexible, solution that is optimized
        for virtualized and cloud-based environments.

Global Data Centers

MicroStrategy Cloud services will be hosted from data center facilities worldwide.

Streamlined Access to Services

MicroStrategy Cloud includes full access to Technical Support. Additional MicroStrategy services ranging from metadata modeling to application and database tuning are available as options.

Cost Effective

MicroStrategy Cloud is designed to be extremely cost effective over the lifecycle of each customer project. Subscribers only pay for the services they consume each month, so it's easy for organizations to start small and grow their implementation over time. Pricing is based on customer configuration and sizing and is available on request.

Cloud Alliance

MicroStrategy's launch of MicroStrategy Cloud is a core component of the company's mission to establish a growing cloud partner ecosystem--"the Cloud Alliance"--that assembles resources from data warehousing and data integration companies, establishes advanced worldwide data centers, and hires the best minds in the industry.

"MicroStrategy Cloud will transform the way our customers build and deploy solutions and strategic information applications," said Michael J. Saylor, MicroStrategy Chairman and CEO. "MicroStrategy is building and deploying this infrastructure so that each customer can avoid investing millions of dollars on their own hardware and human resources."

Available Now

MicroStrategy Cloud is available now. For more information, please contact your MicroStrategy account executive or email us at cloud@microstrategy.com.

About MicroStrategy

Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy is a global leader in business intelligence (BI) technology. MicroStrategy software enables leading organizations worldwide to analyze the vast amounts of data stored across their enterprises to make better business decisions. The MicroStrategy platform delivers actionable information to business users via the web and mobile devices, including the iPad, iPhone, and BlackBerry. Companies choose MicroStrategy for its ease-of-use, sophisticated analytics, and superior data and user scalability. MicroStrategy offers free reporting software that can be downloaded from its website. To learn more about MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR), visit http://www.microstrategy.com and follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/microstrategy) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/microstrategy).

MicroStrategy, MicroStrategy Business Intelligence Platform, MicroStrategy 9 and MicroStrategy Cloud  are either trademarks or registered trademarks of MicroStrategy Incorporated in the United States and certain other countries.  Other product and company names mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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Contact:Claudia CahillMicroStrategy Incorporated703-270-2207ccahill@microstrategy.com

SOURCE  MicroStrategy Incorporated

MicroStrategy Incorporated

Web Site: http://www.microstrategy.com

Nova Unveils Multi-Channel NovaMARS(R) Software Engine for Advanced 3D Structures

REHOVOT, Israel, July 12, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

    Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. (NASDAQ: NVMI) provider of leading edge
stand-alone metrology and the market leader of integrated metrology
solutions to the semiconductor process control market, today introduced its
fifth generation of the award-winning NovaMARS Optical CD application
development solution. The new NovaMARS 5.0 is geared towards addressing the
industry's transition to novel chip design concepts such as 3D gates,
recently introduced as part of the transition to sub-30nm technology nodes,
in both memory and logic. The NovaMARS 5.0 is optimized for speed of recipe
development, ease of use, and accuracy of solution for the most complex 3D
scatterometry applications for the 2x and 1x technology nodes.

    The new NovaMARS 5.0 scatterometry engine has the ability to combine
data from multiple optical channels directly on the tool during measurement.
This multi-channel capability complements existing Holistic Metrology
elements, which are part of Nova's product offering, such as injection,
multi-stack, and global fit. Together, these elements provide the most
comprehensive algorithmic solution to date for the development of
scatterometry applications. More detailed reproduction of complex 3D
structures is now possible by extraction of fine shape parameters, enabling
process control of advanced devices like FinFET non-planar transistors.

    Algorithmic advancements on NovaMARS 5.0 provide significant reduction
in time to solution. Included is a new NovaMARS StackMaker? designer for
scatterometry models that allows simple drag-and-drop design and
visualization of very complex 3D device geometries, making it easy for users
to track and implement design and process changes into existing models, as
well as create new models. The industry-leading NovaMARS MatMaker?
materials characterization package, already implemented in previous NovaMARS
versions, receives an order-of-magnitude faster regression engine allowing
for fast convergence to the correct materials and correct solution. Multiple
enhancements to spectral matching routines complete the package.

    "Since its introduction more than a decade ago scatterometry has made
significant progress towards maturity. Originally billed as a faster and
more cost-effective replacement to incumbent CD-SEM technology, today
scatterometry is able to measure embedded details and critical profile
parameters of complex 3D device structures. Reliable measurements of such
details, that are practically invisible by any other technique, make
scatterometry an indispensable instrument for both device development and
process control", said Eitan Oppenheim, Executive Vice President, Global
Business Group.

    "Advanced process development is characterized by frequent changes to
structures and metrology requirements. Scatterometry solutions have to keep
up by providing fast and accurate profile information. By speeding up recipe
creation and allowing timely device profile measurements, NovaMARS 5.0 now
enables our customers to utilize the power of scatterometry to shorten the
process development cycle. Users will experience up to 10 times improvement
in time to solution when using the new version. In conjunction with the new
Nova T600 measurement tool, NovaMARS 5.0 users achieved a 4 times
improvement in measurement sensitivity to critical parameters of complex
applications".

    NovaMARS 5.0 is compatible with existing NovaScan and T-platform
scatterometry tools, and is a critical enabler for the new Nova T600
measurement tool.

    For additional details about NovaMARS 5.0, please visit
http://www.nova.co.il.

    About Nova: Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. develops, produces and
markets advanced integrated and stand alone metrology solutions for the
semiconductor manufacturing industry. Nova is traded on the NASDAQ & TASE
under the symbol NVMI. The Company's website is http://www.nova.co.il.

    This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 relating to future events or our future performance, such
as statements regarding trends, demand for our products, expected
deliveries, transaction, expected revenues, operating results, earnings and
profitability. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any
future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or
implied in those forward looking statements. These risks and other factors
include but are not limited to: our dependency on two product lines; the
highly cyclical nature of the markets we target; our inability to reduce
spending during a slowdown in the semiconductor industry; our ability to
respond effectively on a timely basis to rapid technological changes; our
dependency on OEM suppliers; our ability to retain our competitive position
despite the ongoing consolidation in our industry; risks associated with our
dependence on a single manufacturing facility; our ability to expand our
manufacturing capacity or marketing efforts to support our future growth;
our dependency on a small number of large customers and small number of
suppliers; our dependency on our key employees; risks related to changes in
our order backlog; risks related to the financial, political and
environmental instabilities that may affect our sales in Asia; risks related
to our intellectual property; changes in customer demands for our products;
new product offerings from our competitors; changes in or an inability to
execute our business strategy; unanticipated manufacturing or supply
problems; changes in tax requirements; changes in customer demand for our
products; risks related to currency fluctuations; and risks related to our
operations in Israel. We cannot guarantee future results, levels of
activity, performance or achievements. The matters discussed in this press
release also involve risks and uncertainties summarized under the heading
"Risk Factors" in Nova's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended
December 31,2010 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March
30, 2011. These factors are updated from time to time through the filing of
reports and registration statements with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. does not assume any obligation
to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.

   
    Company Contact:
    Dror David, Chief Financial Officer
    Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd.
    Tel: +972-8-938-7505
    E-mail: info@nova.co.il
    http://www.nova.co.il

    Investor Relations Contacts:
    Ehud Helft / Kenny Green
    CCG Investor Relations
    Tel: +1-646-201-9246
    E-mail: nova@ccgisrael.com

Source: Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd

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DMG Mobile Extends Leadership With Powerful New Mobile Optimization Platform

RA'ANANA, Israel, July 12, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    Traffiliate for Mobile delivers end-to-end visibility and control of all
campaign data for maximized ROI

    DMG (DSNR Media Group) - a leading provider of result-based online and
mobile advertising solutions - introduces Traffiliate for Mobile, a
first-of-its-kind management and control platform for mobile advertising.
Responding to the complex challenges faced by today's mobile advertisers,
Traffiliate for Mobile delivers real-time visibility of all campaign data
across the entire value chain, enabling comprehensive, on-the-spot
optimization that brings unmatched profitability. The solution has been
extensively proven, and is currently used with dozens of clients worldwide.

    Full Visibility and Conversion Tracking of Mobile Campaigns
Bringing a much-needed level of measurement and ROI-driven optimization to
mobile advertising [http://www.dsnrmg.com/Mobile.aspx ], Traffiliate for
Mobile [http://www.dsnrmg.com/download/TraffiliateForMobileFinal.pdf ]
provides a complete picture of all campaign parameters for granular targeting
and broad optimization, including by: Countries, Operators, OS, Device Make
and Model, Creatives, Browsers, etc., as well as Type of Traffic or
Publisher. These advanced user profiling and conversion tracking features
allow advertisers to focus on the best-performing channels.

    Unified Reporting of All Campaign Data
The platform's Unified Reporting capabilities make campaigns easy to monitor
and control - and easy to analyze. User-friendly reports enable advertisers
to quickly grasp what actions need to be taken in order to get the best
results. By measuring actual campaign success in real time, DMG Mobile helps
advertisers to maximize their budget value, spending only where they get the
most for every dollar. Read CLIQ Digital Case Study -
http://www.dsnrmg.com/Case-Study_CLIQ-Digital.aspx

    According to Inbar Chap, Co-CEO of DMG, "In today's complex mobile
realm, where advertisers face so many challenges - including the need to
understand and control multiple parameters and sources - DMG mobile uses
Traffiliate for Mobile to provide the first comprehensive answer - making it
easier for brands and agencies to embrace mobile advertising in their
marketing mix."

    Tracking Lifetime Value
Traffiliate for Mobile also tracks the Lifetime Value (LTV)
[http://blog.dsnrmg.com/post/2011/06/27/Lifetime-Value-The-Road-to-Long-Term-Profits.aspx ]
of each user. LTV tracking pixels allow advertisers to
understand the true value of their campaigns by linking them to the actual
revenues generated. Advertisers can then target and bid more precisely,
focus on the best yielding channels, and significantly increase the volume
of long-term high-value users.

    ABOUT

    DMG (DSNR Media Group) is a leader in result-based online and mobile
advertising solutions. Utilizing advanced proprietary technologies and
proven methodologies, the company delivers full control of all aspects of
mobile and online campaigns, ensuring the highest possible ROI for both
advertisers and publishers. A specialized ad network boosts global exposure
for advertisers across top-tier publishers.

    For further information, visit us:http://www.dsnrmg.com ,
http://www.traffiliate.com

   
    Contact:
    Ida Yoffe, MarCom
    DMG -DSNR Media Group
    T: +972-9-762-6161 #6169
    E: iday@dsnrmg.com

    DMG Connect:
    Blog - http://blog.dsnrmg.com
    Twitter- http://twitter.com/#!/DMG_interact
    Facebook- http://www.facebook.com/DMGinteract
    LinkedIn -
    http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid)82584&mostPopular=&trk=tyah

Source: DSNR Media Group

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Microsoft and Yell Announce Plans for a Broad Strategic Alliance to Offer SMBs Innovative Digital Solutions

READING, England and REDMOND, Washington, July 12, 2011/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --

    Today, Microsoft Corp. and Yell Group announced plans to form a broad,
global strategic alliance, taking advantage of their complementary strengths
and expertise in the delivery of innovative online advertising and business
solutions to assist small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) reach and
engage consumers.

    Yell currently provides print and digital marketing services to over 1.3
million customers across the United States, United Kingdom, Spain and Latin
America. Capitalizing on the Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance and the
growing consumer audience of Bing and Yahoo! Search, Microsoft and Yell will
join forces to offer compelling search, mobile and local advertising
solutions to small and medium businesses and to make the most of emerging
business models delivered through the cloud. Under the plans, Yell will also
offer the full suite of Microsoft's SMB productivity and business software
and cloud services, including Microsoft Office 365, Microsoft Dynamics CRM
and emerging SMB-focused communications solutions. In addition, Microsoft
will assist Yell to accelerate its new cloud-based services, which will
provide Yell's customers with access to these new digital offerings.

    Thomas Hansen, vice president of SMB Worldwide at Microsoft, said, "Yell
Group has one of the largest dedicated sales forces partnering with small
and medium sized businesses and provides customers with valuable, locally
focused internet directories that see over 50 million unique visitors per
month. We are very excited about our plans to form a strategic alliance with
Yell, as it offers us a way to better reach and serve small and medium sized
businesses across the globe."

    According to a recent study by Booz & Company, the global digital
services market[1] for SMBs will be $235 billion in 2011 and is expected to
grow by over 45% to $350 billion by 2015. Mike Pocock, Yell Group CEO,
indicated that "small and medium sized businesses are looking for digital
solutions to help them grow their businesses, transact with customers, and
be more efficient. Our plans to form a global strategic alliance with
Microsoft will help us launch our local, cloud-based marketplace, serving
the growing needs of our customers by providing comprehensive digital
advertising, productivity and business solutions at scale, bringing small
and medium sized businesses ever closer to consumers and bringing reduced
costs and competitive capabilities to SMBs that have, to date, only been
available to larger enterprises."

    [1]The global digital services market for SMBs comprises online
marketing, business operations, affinity programs and payment services.

    About Yell

    Yell Group is a leading provider of print and digital services within
the emerging local eMarketplace for consumers and SMBs across its operations
in the UK, US, Spain and some countries in Latin America.

    Building on its strong presence in the local market through its current
digital and print portfolio, Yell is developing a broad range of digital
services tailored to the converging needs of SMBs and consumers.

    These address both the SMB need to grow, transact and be efficient in
the digital world, and the consumers' need to connect locally to the goods
and services they want, in a way which saves them time and money, and moves
their lives forward.

    In the year ended 31 March 2011, Yell Group had 1.3 million SMB
advertisers.

    About Microsoft Corporation

    Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq "MSFT") is the worldwide leader in
software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize
their full potential.

    About Yahoo! and Microsoft Corp. Search Alliance

    The Yahoo! and Microsoft Search Alliance combines the complementary
strengths of Yahoo! and Microsoft to create a competitive choice in search
with the scale to fuel sustained development. Both companies aim to
ultimately enable searchers to find relevant results faster, and provide
more value for advertisers and better results for web publishers. For more
information, please visit SearchAlliance.com.

   
    Enquiries:

    Yell - Investors
    Rob Hall
    Tel:  +44(0)118-358-2838
    Mobile: +44(0)7793-957848

    Yell - Media
    Jon Salmon
    Tel: +44(0)118-358-2656
    Mobile: +44(0)7801-977340

    Citigate Dewe Rogerson
    Anthony Carlisle
    Tel: +44(0)20-7638-9571
    Mobile: +44(0)7973-611888

Source: Microsoft Corporation and Yell Group

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Orbitz Worldwide Launches Private Label Partnership With Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia Customers Can Now Search and Book Thousands of Hotels While Making Their Flight Reservations

CHICAGO, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: OWW) today announced a new partnership with Virgin Australia to power standalone hotel bookings on its Australian websites (http://www.vaustralia.com.au and http://www.virginaustralia.com).  Effective immediately, the new distribution partnership leverages the Orbitz Worldwide private label platform and comprehensive supplier relationships delivered by HotelClub - the primary Orbitz Worldwide consumer brand in Asia Pacific - to allow Virgin Australia customers to search and book more than 71,000 hotel properties across the globe. 

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"The Orbitz Worldwide and HotelClub partnership gives our corporate and leisure customers the ability to search and book thousands of hotels on our website as they book their flights, including more than 4,200 hotel properties in Australia and New Zealand alone," said Liz Savage, Virgin Australia's Group Executive, Commercial.  "We chose HotelClub for its flexibility, ease of use and for the competitive prices it offers. Virgin Australia is committed to providing our customers with quality services and great value and we believe that HotelClub will help us achieve that.  The HotelClub offering went live last month and initial customer response to the new range of properties available has been extremely positive."

"Virgin Australia has quickly become of the most recognizable premium airlines in Australia and across Asia Pacific, and we are thrilled the Orbitz Worldwide private label solution will power their standalone hotel bookings," said Jeremy Bellinghausen, president, HotelClub.  "We believe our solution is unique in its ability to combine a flexible technology platform with extensive supplier inventory delivered by a great consumer brand like HotelClub.  This is a terrific win for our mutual customers, Virgin Australia, and the thousands of HotelClub hotel partners that will benefit from greater visibility with in-market travelers."

Orbitz Worldwide Distribution offers a range of private label solutions for partners of all sizes, including hosted HTML services that can be launched in a matter of days with no upfront costs, XML solutions that allow full control of the user interface, and end-to-end custom developed XML and HTML solutions that are fully tailored to meet the unique requirements of more complex partners.  For more information visit the Orbitz Worldwide Distribution website or send an email to privatelabel@orbitz.com.

About Virgin Australia

Virgin Australia group of airlines (ASX: VBA), formerly the Virgin Blue group of airlines, was launched in 2000 as the first sustainable low-fare airline in Australian skies. It has established a global reputation as an innovator and leader in the aviation industry; renowned for the warmth of its people and the quality of the service they provide.

Starting out as a single airline operating a single route with just 200 team members, today the group employs over 7,000 people and includes multi-award winning domestic airline Virgin Australia (formerly Virgin Blue); international long-haul airline V Australia; international subsidiary airline Pacific Blue; and Polynesian Blue, a joint venture airline with the Government of Samoa. Virgin Australia is currently in the process of re-launching its domestic and short-haul international product, and both V Australia and Pacific Blue airlines will operate as Virgin Australia by the end of 2011.  Virgin Australia operates a fleet of 89 modern Boeing 737, 777 and Embraer E-Jet aircraft flying to 32 Australian and 16 international destinations including the USA, UAE, New Zealand, Indonesia, Thailand, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Vanuatu and the Cook Islands.

About Orbitz Worldwide

Orbitz Worldwide is a leading global online travel company that uses innovative technology to enable leisure and business travelers to research, plan and book a broad range of travel products.  Orbitz Worldwide owns a portfolio of consumer brands that includes Orbitz, CheapTickets, ebookers, HotelClub, RatesToGo and the Away Network.  Also within the Orbitz Worldwide family, Orbitz Worldwide Distribution delivers private label travel solutions to a broad range of partners including many of the world's largest airlines, and Orbitz for Business delivers managed corporate travel solutions for corporations.  Orbitz Worldwide uses its Investor Relations website to make information available to its investors and the public at http://investors.orbitz.com.  You can sign up to receive email alerts whenever the company posts new information to the website.

SOURCE  Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.

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Orbitz Worldwide, Inc.

CONTACT: Jay Pierce of Orbitz Worldwide, +1-312-894-6947, jay.pierce@orbitz.com

Web Site: http://www.orbitz.com

Esri Acquires 3D Software Company Procedural

3D GIS to Provide Instant Visual Feedback in City Planning

SAN DIEGO, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Esri has acquired Procedural, one of the world's leading software companies for creating stunning 3D urban environments from typical 2D data. Urban planners, architects, video game developers, and movie studios around the world use Procedural's CityEngine product to create 3D cities at any resolution. 

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Esri will integrate CityEngine into ArcGIS, allowing ArcGIS users to create and design 3D urban environments leveraging their existing GIS data, such as parcels and street centerlines. CityEngine's rule-driven approach will allow users to undertake large-scale civic planning efforts and will provide immediate visual feedback on the impact of planning decisions, such as setbacks and floor-specific zoning changes. Users will also be able to interactively design and analyze urban growth with intuitive sketching tools.

"Many GIS problems can only be solved in 3D, particularly in the area of urban development," said Jack Dangermond, Esri president, making the announcement at Esri's 2011 International User Conference. "Procedural's unique capabilities for generating high-quality 3D data, using the same GIS data our users already have, makes them a perfect match for Esri."

CityEngine will continue to evolve and expand as a stand-alone product.  The founders and employees of Procedural will be employed by Esri, and Procedural's offices in Zurich will be extended to a leading-edge R&D center in the field of urban design and 3D content creation. Procedural will continue to meet the needs of its large community of CityEngine users in the simulation and entertainment industries.

"We are very excited to join forces with Esri," said Dr. Pascal Mueller, CEO of Procedural Inc.  "Many of our existing clients already use ArcGIS and a closer integration between our complementary technologies presents obvious benefits.  We're looking forward to fully leveraging our R&D capabilities, growing the CityEngine business and bringing many of the innovations we've developed at Procedural to the leading GIS solution of ArcGIS."

For more information, please visit esri.com/cityengine.

About Esri

Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, Esri software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at esri.com/news.

About Procedural

Procedural Inc. was founded in 2007 as a spin-off of the ETH Zurich and is located in Zurich, Switzerland. With CityEngine, Procedural Inc.'s graphics experts have developed a radically different 3D application that allows professional users in GIS, urban planning, architecture, and entertainment to efficiently create 3D cities. Customers include companies such as Foster+Partners, Zaha Hadid, Pixar, Dreamworks, Weta Digital, Blizzard, Boeing, Thales, Raytheon or Dassault. Visit their website at http:/www.procedural.com.

Esri, the Esri globe logo, GIS by Esri, ArcGIS, esri.com, and @esri.com are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of Esri in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Other companies and products mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners.

SOURCE  Esri

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Esri

CONTACT: Matthew DeMeritt of Esri, +1-909-793-2853, extension 1-2930, press@esri.com

Web Site: http://www.esri.com

Attention Humans of Earth: DC Universe Online Wants You For the Green Lantern Corps!

SOE Expands the World of DC Universe Online with All-New Downloadable Content Pack

SAN DIEGO, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) today announced the first Downloadable Content (DLC) pack for DC Universe Online (DCUO), "Fight for the Light." Featuring DC Comics favorite The Green Lantern (Hal Jordan) and the introduction of the game's seventh power set - Light, the new downloadable content will be available this summer for both PC and PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system.

"The Green Lantern has been a mainstay for DC Comics fans for more than 60 years, and is a fan favorite among our players," said Mark Anderson, Game Director of DC Universe Online. "We've listened to the feedback, and fans can now create their own Lantern-inspired characters including the use of light powers."

In addition to the new light power set, players will also be able to interact with Green Lantern based characters and content in DC Universe Online in these all-new gameplay scenarios:

    --  S.T.A.R. Labs - Deep within S.T.A.R. Labs, Brainiac seeks to control
        experimental devices that will allow him to harness the power source
        behind the Lantern Corps' rings. This attack throws the Lantern Corps
        into chaos, and players must join a fragile truce between the Green and
        Yellow Lantern Corps to bring the powerful devices back under S.T.A.R.
        Labs control.
    --  Coast City - Players must battle their way through the "City Without
        Fear" to Ferris Aircraft, the home of fighter ace Hal Jordan. Here they
        face the unbridled rage of the Red Lantern Corps in a showdown to save
        the city and the Universe.
    --  Sciencells Prison - On the Green Lantern Corp's home planet Oa, heroes
        will join with Guy Gardner to stop a prison break that threatens to
        release the most feared prisoners of the Green Lantern Corps.  Villains
        will fight alongside Sinestro as he attempts to release the Green
        Lantern Corps' greatest foes and retrieve the evil Lyssa Drak from her
        emerald powered prison cell.
    --  Green Lantern offers another exciting superhero for PC and PS3 players
        to join forces with in their epic battles online, following DCUO's
        ongoing combat missions featuring other DC Comics legends such as,
        Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Joker and Lex Luthor.

DC Universe Online's "Fight for the Light" DLC pack will be available for download for $9.99 USD this summer for PC and PlayStation®3 players.

DC Universe Online is licensed by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on behalf of DC Entertainment. For more information about DC Universe Online, visit http://www.DCUniverseOnline.com.

About DC Universe Online

Lex Luthor has traveled back through time with news of a dire future: While the heroes and villains spent years battling amongst themselves, Brainiac has been feeding on their powers, building strength to return to Earth and destroy humanity. To change the future, Lex has come back to set off a device that bestows super powers to thousands of every-day citizens and give humanity a fighting chance. Can Brainiac be stopped, or is this another nefarious Lex Luthor plot?

For the first time, players and fans will be able to enter the DC Universe as an active force for good or evil. A massively multiplayer experience, DC Universe Online delivers unparalleled high-energy, physics-powered combat that brings the player's extraordinary powers to life.

DC Universe Online was created in the artistic vision of legendary comic book artist Jim Lee, and set within a world created by famous DC writers including Geoff Johns and Marv Wolfman.

Rated T for Teen with Mild Blood, Mild Language, Mild Suggestive Themes and Violence, DC Universe Online is available for PC and PlayStation®3 for the suggested retail prices of $39.99 and $49.99, respectively. The game includes one 30-day game membership, with monthly subscriptions available thereafter for $14.99. For players of the PC version of the game, DCUO will be included in SOE's all-in-one Station Access subscription.

About SOE

Sony Online Entertainment LLC (SOE) is a recognized worldwide leader in massively multiplayer online games. Best known for its blockbuster hits and franchises, including EverQuest®, EverQuest®II, Champions of Norrath®, PlanetSide®, Free Realms®, Clone Wars Adventures(TM) and DC Universe Online(TM), SOE creates, develops and provides compelling online entertainment for a variety of platforms. SOE is building on its proven legacy and pioneering the future of online worlds through creative development and inspired gameplay design for audiences of all ages. To learn more, visit http://www.soe.com.

SOE, the SOE logo, EverQuest, Champions of Norrath, PlanetSide and Free Realms are registered trademarks of Sony Online Entertainment LLC. All other trademarks and trade names are properties of their respective owners. All rights reserved.

About Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, a division of Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, is a premier worldwide publisher, developer, licensor and distributor of entertainment content for the interactive space across all current and future platforms, including console, handheld and PC-based gaming for both internal and third party game titles.

About DC Entertainment

DC Entertainment, home to such iconic DC Comics properties as Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, MAD Magazine, and Fables, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating across Warner Bros. and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its superheroic characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment, and interactive games. Publishing over 1,000 comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Comics is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world.

SOURCE  Sony Online Entertainment LLC

Sony Online Entertainment LLC

CONTACT: Taina Rodriguez of Sony Online Entertainment, +1-858-577-3033, trodriguez@soe.sony.com; or Stacy Miles of Bender/Helper Impact, +1-415-847-4400, stacy_miles@bhimpact.com, for Sony Online Entertainment LLC

Web Site: http://www.soe.com

Fluke Networks' Version 8 Network Time Machine Reduces Finger-Pointing, Accelerates Problem Solving

New Functions Create All-in-one, 100 Percent Packet Capture Appliance; Eliminate Debate of 'Is it the Network or the Server?'

LAS VEGAS, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CISCO LIVE -- Fluke Networks today announced a new version of its leading Network Time Machine(TM), with new capabilities that make it the first* all-in-one, plug-and-play appliance that provides both instant identification of network versus server problems and root cause analysis of network and application problems.

To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, go to: http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/flukenetworks/51029/

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The new features in version 8 incorporate the Company's proprietary visual fault domain isolation technology that graphically identifies where problems exist - all while continuing to provide 100 percent stream-to-disk capabilities with deep packet inspection at rates greater than 10 Gbps for more detailed analysis in a single appliance.

"'Is it the server or the network?' That's the No. 1 question network professionals tell us they need to answer as part of any troubleshooting scenario," said Gary Ger, vice president of enterprise network analysis, Fluke Networks. "Version 8 takes our Network Time Machine platform's performance to the next level not only by answering this question in a fraction of the time, but by doing so in the form of a single, simple appliance that does not require multiple servers, complex deployment scenarios and continuous configuration and maintenance."

In addition to instantly identifying server versus network problems, the new user interface features user-configurable dashboards that automatically identify and display key performance metrics with instant drill-down capability into root cause analysis.

The software, a free upgrade for existing customers with an active support agreement, is available immediately.

About Network Time Machine

Network Time Machine(TM) is a high-performance appliance for critical link analysis, storage for data forensics and back-in-time troubleshooting, including the following features and options:

    --  ClearSight(TM) Analyzer, with application-centric analysis that
        automatically analyzes application flows and can drill down to identify
        the root cause issues
    --  QoS metrics, statistics and trending charts of application and flow
        level for buffered and historical data
    --  Best-in-class, real-time Video/Voice over IP metrics and troubleshooting
        for enterprise networks
    --  Independently certified performance in excess of 10 Gbps
    --  Portable and rack mount versions

For more information, please visit http://www.flukenetworks.com/ntminfo.

About Fluke Networks

Fluke Networks provides innovative solutions for network installation, monitoring and analysis within global enterprises and carriers. The company's comprehensive line of solutions provides network installers, owners, and maintainers with superior vision, combining speed, accuracy and ease of use to optimize network performance. Headquartered in Everett, Washington, the company distributes its products in more than 50 countries. More information can be found by visiting Fluke Networks' web site at http://www.flukenetworks.com or by calling (800) 283-5853.

* Based on Fluke Networks' market research of current network recorder solutions for enterprise network performance analysis.

SOURCE  Fluke Networks

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Fluke Networks

CONTACT: Kerry Desberg, Fluke Networks, +1-425-231-9529, Kerry.desberg@flukenetworks.com; Justin Hall, VOXUS PR for Fluke Networks, +1-253-444-5442, jhall@voxuspr.com

Web Site: http://www.flukenetworks.com

DividendChannel.com Officially Launches

LOCUST VALLEY, N.Y., July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BNK Invest, Inc. today announced the launch of its new dividend stock website called DividendChannel.com. The site is aimed at retail investors and financial advisors trying to maximize the opportunities in yield and income. DividendChannel.com will be a one-stop source for aggregated data on dividend stocks, including features such as a dividend stock screener, a live dividend feed, an ex-div calendar, and a dividend calculator.

A stock look-up on the site will provide investors with information about a company's dividend history.  Additionally, each month Dividend Channel screens through the site's coverage universe of dividend paying stocks, and looks at a variety of data -- dividend yield, book value, quarterly earnings -- and compares it to the stock's trading data to come up with certain calculations about profitability and about the stock's valuation.  The site's proprietary DividendRank formula then ranks the coverage universe based upon various criteria, to generate a list of the top most ''interesting'' stocks that are meant as a research tool for users to generate ideas that merit further research.

The site also analyzes trends in the dividend data to create Top Lists to help users.  Two of the more notable Top Lists on the site include Monthly Dividend Payers and Preferred Stock Dividends.

About BNK Invest, Inc.

BNK Invest, Inc. develops, owns and operates financial web sites which enable individual investors and financial advisers to gain valuable insight into, and stay informed about the financial markets.  The company has been at the forefront of creating premier online sites and communities since 2002.  The company owns and operates Dividend Channel, ETF Channel (ETFChannel.com), Market News Video (MarketNewsVideo.com), Value Forum (ValueForum.com), and Bank Investor (BankInvestor.com).  Dividend Channel provides research and data about dividend stocks and ETF Dividends .  ETFChannel.com provides ETF data and ETF research to both small and large investors. MarketNewsVideo.com produces and distributes quality online videos about the stock markets and publicly traded companies.  ValueForum.com is an online investment discussion and collaboration community for serious value investors and income investors.  BankInvestor.com is an elite online investment club with a focus on mutual conversions and after-market bank investing opportunities.

SOURCE  BNK Invest, Inc.

BNK Invest, Inc.

CONTACT: Adam Menzel, +1-516-620-4294

Web Site: http://www.dividendchannel.com

Motorola Mobility Brings Color, Fun and Functionality to Budget Friendly Android Smartphones

With a QWERTY keyboard and a 2.8-inch touchscreen, Motorola's budget friendly smartphone offers the fun of social media in a personalized package

LIBERTYVILLE, Ill., July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Never compromise individuality with the new budget friendly Android(TM) smartphone from Motorola Mobility. The fashionable Motorola smartphone offers a full QWERTY keyboard with touchscreen display, interchangeable fashion jackets and ultimate personalization options users expect from the fun and versatile Android platform. The Motorola XT316(TM) is now available in China and will be available starting in mid-July in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Latin America. It will be available throughout the rest of Asia and in Europe later this summer.

Motorola XT316 has a sleek, modern design and a sophisticated finish. Its full QWERTY keyboard and 2.8-inch touchscreen display provide the perfect combination of tools for emailing, texting and browsing the Web. Users can stay in constant contact with friends and family through the world's leading social media applications. And, Motorola XT316 transitions seamlessly between work and play, with a friends-centric widget to make it easier to manage contacts.

Motorola XT316 also comes with best-in-class battery life, allowing users to talk, browse the Web, text, play games and videos all day long. Motorola XT316 also has the Moto Switch user interface, which allows users to switch to a friends-centric mode when they finish work and head home for the day.

"With a fun, beautiful design and a great package of social media options, Motorola XT316 gives busy users the smartphone experience they crave at a price they can afford," said Fei Liu, senior vice president, Mass Market Consumer Products, Motorola Mobility. "With the combination of the physical QWERTY keyboard, the touchscreen display and access to the entertaining apps and games, the Motorola XT316 outperforms other low cost mobile devices."

The Motorola XT316 will be marketed as Motorola SPICE Key in Latin America and Motorola FIRE in Europe.

Key Features and Specifications:

    --  Motorola XT316 runs on Android 2.2 (upgradeable to Android 2.3,
        Gingerbread in Fall); Motorola SPICE Key and Motorola FIRE run on
        Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
    --  Access to thousands of apps
    --  Dual-band HSDPA/Quad-band EDGE
    --  2.8" QVGA touchscreen display
    --  Full QWERTY keyboard
    --  3MP camera
    --  Moto Switch UI allows users to switch from different modes
    --  MicroSD card slot up to 32GB
    --  *Access to Google Maps Navigation(TM), Google Talk(TM), and web browsing
    --  FM Radio with RDS support
    --  Wi-Fi b/g/n
    --  E-compass, proximity sensor, ambient light sensor, accelerometer
    --  GPS.aGPS
    --  LED notifications
    --  3.5mm audio jack
    --  1420mAh battery; eight hours of talk time or 30 days of standby in 3G
        mode

Learn more about the Motorola XT316.

About Motorola Mobility

Motorola Mobility, Inc. (NYSE: MMI) fuses innovative technology with human insights to create experiences that simplify, connect and enrich people's lives. Our portfolio includes converged mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets; wireless accessories; end-to-end video and data delivery; and management solutions, including set-tops and data-access devices. For more information, please visit: http://www.motorola.com/mobility.

Media Contacts:Christa Smith858-404-2990christasmith@motorola.comMotorola Mobility, Inc.

*Certain features, services and applications are network dependent and may not be available in all areas; additional terms, conditions and/or charges may apply. Contact your service provider for details. All features, functionality and other product specifications are subject to change without notice or obligation. AT&T Mobile Hotspot requires qualified rate plan.

MOTOROLA and the Stylized M Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Motorola Trademark Holdings, LLC.  All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.  © 2011 Motorola Mobility, Inc.  All rights reserved.

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Maxell Corporation of America to Distribute AirStash® The World's First and Only Wireless Flash Drive for iPad, and iPhone and Other Smart Devices

Maxell invites tablet and smartphone owners to get "blown away" by the world's first wireless flash drive with media streaming and two-way document transfer capability

CHICAGO, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Wearable Inc. and Maxell today announced a partnership to distribute AirStash®, the first and only wireless flash drive with media streaming and two-way wireless document transfer capability. AirStash is a perfect companion to the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch for anyone who wants to view, save and share documents and media on the go. The partnership will bring second-generation AirStash products bundled with Maxell flash memory to retail, business-to-business and online channels later this year.

AirStash is the only device to combine the portability of a standard USB flash drive, the flexibility of SD flash media, the power of a media streamer, and the convenience of wireless two-way file transfer. AirStash uses a standard USB connection, so you don't need to carry a special cable or power adapter to use or recharge AirStash. SD-card support provides infinite expandability and the ability to exchange files and media with millions of existing SD-card based products.

AirStash empowers iPad users to leave their laptop at home and work with all their documents and media on a pocket-sized flash drive. Users can wirelessly save, backup and share documents from their iPad to AirStash instead of emailing files over the Internet to another device in the same room. AirStash provides complete versatility with both wireless and USB operation. Users can quickly transfer gigabytes of files either wirelessly or via USB with the convenience, reliability, and security of a standard USB drive. AirStash supports the WebDAV industry standard for compatibility with popular apps including Apple's iWork suite and GoodReader for iOS and WebDAV Navigator for Android.

"We are extremely excited by the opportunity to bring AirStash to the retail market in partnership with such a well-respected brand as Maxell," said Matthew Klapman, CEO of Wearable Inc. "The Maxell name stands for storage and media innovation that customers trust," added Rich D'Ambrise, Director of New Business Development for Maxell, "Through our partnership with Wearable Inc., Maxell is taking a leadership position in wireless storage technology for a new generation of smartphones and tablets."

About the AirStash

AirStash is an easy to use pocket-sized wireless flash drive with built-in media streamer and two-way wireless file transfer that offers expandable iPad, iPhone, and iPod storage for movies, photos, music, eBooks, and documents. Users can download more apps and still carry dozens of movies or thousands of photos and wirelessly stream them to their iPhone or iPad.  AirStash uses standard SD cards for storage, so it's infinitely expandable.

AirStash features:

-- Two-Way Wireless Connectivity to iPad with WebDAV
iPad users are able to wirelessly save documents from their tablet to the AirStash and share the documents with others immediately using industry standard WebDAV technology. It works with new and existing applications including Apple's Pages, Keynote, and Numbers. With AirStash, there's no more need to email files from one device to another in the same room.

-- Premium Media Streaming
Users can store and stream video and audio from their pocket thanks to the compact nature of AirStash. The premium social multimedia server gives users the freedom to enjoy movies, TV shows, and music wherever they go. Users can even share and play different media files on multiple devices simultaneously with the use of one AirStash.

-- Easy Photo Browsing & Importing
The AirStash+ app, available for free on Apple's App Store, built at the request of professional photographers, allows AirStash owners the ability to browse and batch import photos quickly and easily. Users can immediately browse photos up to 35 megapixels directly from their camera's SD card without waiting to import them. Photos can also be imported either at full resolution or resized to a space-saving resolution that matches the device display. This allows professional in-field editing and emailing with 3rd party apps.

Get connected to the latest AirStash news and updates on Twitter @AirStash and Facebook at http://facebook.com/airstash.

Retailers and distributors who are interested in stocking AirStash should contact Maxell  Sales and Marketing at 1 800 533 2836.

About Wearable Inc.

Wearable Inc. was incorporated in April 2006 with a mission to focus on portable, body worn electronic products. Its first products were storage silicon ICs sold in the embedded electronics market. At the end of 2008, Wearable Inc. shifted to the consumer market and leveraged its patent pending technology to evolve the USB flash drive to work with mobile devices. Wearable Inc. is a privately owned USA corporation.

About Maxell Corporation of America:

Maxell Corporation of America, a technology and marketing leader, is a full line manufacturer of digital media products for consumer, professional and data storage markets. The company offers a full line of electronics care and maintenance products along with storage products and a well-known brand of headphones, iPad/iPhone/iPod/MP3 accessories, peripherals and speakers. Maxell has been recognized for forty years for delivering a comprehensive line of digital tape and disc-based recording media products for consumer audio, video and data storage applications.

For more information, please visit http://www.maxell.com/ .

AirStash® is a registered trademark of Wearable Inc.

iPad®, iPhone® and  iPod® are registered trademarks of Apple Inc.

SOURCE  Maxell Corporation of America

Maxell Corporation of America

CONTACT: Wearable Inc., Matthew Klapman, press@airstash.com, +1-847-9208721, or Maxell Corporation of America, Donna Austi, On behalf of Maxell, donnaausti@yahoo.com, +1-917-8377447, or Maxell Corporation of America, Rich D'Ambrise, dambrise@maxell.com, +1-973-6532406

Web Site: http://www.maxell.com

'Viva Las Vegas!' say Sky Poker's Strongest Ever WSOP Team

LONDON, July 11, 2011/PRNewswire/ --

    Welcome to the World Series of Poker 2011! Every summer all eyes are on
one poker tournament in one location, Las Vegas. King of the poker scene,
Las Vegas offers a natural arena for this hotly anticipated championship and
boasts the success of the previous tournaments to its already world-renowned
name. Sky Poker, champion of the UK poker [http://www.skypoker.com ] scene,
have sent their crack team of customers and poker pros across the pond to
enjoy the world's biggest Poker tournament.

    Along with poker pro Julian Thew, seven lucky Sky Poker players are
representing Sky Poker. Julian Thew, a sponsored Sky Poker pro, and known
among his competitors as the Yo-Yo on account of his oscillating chipstack,
will hopefully lead the way to Sky Poker's success. Winner of the European
Poker Tour and also The Grosvenor UK Poker Tour, Thew could be Sky Poker's
lucky charm.

    The World Series of Poker is held in the Pavilion and the Amazon Room in
the Rio Convention area at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas,
Nevada. Annually held in Las Vegas since 2005, winning the tournament is the
highest accolade a poker player can receive. Event winners are awarded with
prestigious WSOP bracelets and monetary prizes, while the main victor
collects a multi-million dollar prize and bracelet - and the honour of
winning poker's greatest event!

    With the teams already in Las Vegas, you can follow the UK poker team
while they take part in the greatest poker tournament in the world. Sky
Poker have a special WSOP [http://www.skypoker.com/wsop ] page dedicated to
covering their progress on their website. Championed as the strongest team
Sky Poker ever sent to Las Vegas, show your support by visiting the website
and finding out more. With live updates from the circuit, latest interviews
with stars such as Bertrand 'Elky' Grospellier
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QyZJOm6PhE ], Jesse May
[http://www.youtube.com/watch?vD9nxE-D9mI&feature=related ] and Teddy
Sheringham [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwORh1U_nyk ], photos galleries,
Tony Tikay's blogs and postcards from Vegas there is only one place to keep
up-to-date with all the hottest action from WSOP.

    About SkyPoker.com

    Sky Poker is the British Sky Broadcasting's division for online poker,
which allows users to play poker on their website and screens selected hands
from various tournaments and cash games on Sky Poker TV, allowing players on
the site to become the stars of the TV channel. Sky Poker focuses on UK
poker games players, with all play at the tables in pounds rather than
dollars, as well as its own Sky Poker Tour around the country.

Source: Sky poker

Head of Consumer PR, Products & Services, Sky, T: +44(0)20-7032-3512

Scholastic Media Launches New Magic School Bus Game on Nintendo DS(TM)

The Magic School Bus®: Oceans Marks the Property's First Foray on Console In Celebration of Brand's 25th Anniversary

NEW YORK, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic Media, a division of Scholastic Inc., the global children's publishing, education and media company, announced today it will bring The Magic School Bus - the Emmy® Award-winning science adventure series based on the wildly popular Scholastic book series - to the Nintendo DS(TM) system for the first time. The Magic School Bus: Oceans invites gamers to hop on the bus and explore an ocean teeming with life.  It will be available at retail this fall for $19.99.

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"For twenty five years, The Magic School Bus has allowed children and families to experience the joy of discovery," says Deborah Forte, President of Scholastic Media, Executive Vice President of Scholastic Inc., and Executive Producer of the television series. "We are delighted to bring The Magic School Bus to the Nintendo DS so kids can 'get out there and explore' through a truly immersive and interactive field trip experience that only TheMagic School Bus can provide."

Players step into the driver's seat of The Magic School Bus to unlock six levels of the ocean - each time transforming into a new marine vehicle.  With seven games and nearly 200 ocean interactions, players engage in open exploration to navigate ocean areas and sea life.  Players apply knowledge learned throughout the game to answer questions posted by everyone's favorite teacher, Ms. Frizzle.  As levels are unlocked, players can return to the bus to play additional games and to discover more than 100 facts and more than 100 sea animals.  The game is being distributed by Cokem International.

Based on the best-selling Scholastic books written by Joanna Cole and illustrated by Bruce Degen, the series has over 58 million books in print worldwide. The Emmy award winning television show, sold in 39 countries, currently airs on Qubo in the United States in its 14th consecutive season. The Magic School Bus book app for iTunes debuted for the iPad(TM) earlier this year and was awarded 4 out of 4 stars by USA TODAY.com and an Editor's Choice Award from The Children's Technology Review. A live show entitled "The Magic School Bus Live: THE CLIMATE CHALLENGE" will launch later this year.

For more information on The Magic School Bus, please visit http://www.scholastic.com/magicschoolbus or Magic School Bus | Scholastic Media Room.

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CONTACT: For more information, review copies, and images please contact: Meghan Newton, Goodman Media International, mnewton@goodmanmedia.com, +1-212-576-2700 x 245; or John Michael Kennedy, Goodman Media International, jmkennedy@goodmanmedia.com, +1-212-576-2700 x 243

Web Site: http://www.scholastic.com

LivingSocial Instant Deals to Enter San Francisco and Entice Eaters With $1 Lunch

Instant Deals Expanding to Third Major U.S. Market in Three Months

WASHINGTON, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- LivingSocial today announced plans to tempt diners with $1 San Francisco treats from more than 100 local merchants on July 13 to celebrate the city's launch of LivingSocial Instant Deals. Earlier this year, LivingSocial was the first to market with this breakthrough in local commerce, enabling consumers to find immediate deals at nearby restaurants and attractions. Once the fun of $1 lunch day is done, LivingSocial Instant Deals will continue serving up scrumptious Instant Deals offers to help those who live or visit The Golden Gate City find the best local values.

On Wednesday, July 13, eager eaters in San Francisco will need only a free LivingSocial account and a smartphone with the LivingSocial app or a computer to partake in Dollar Lunch Day. Starting just after sunrise, members can log into the app or go online to http://www.livingsocial.com/instant, select Instant Deals and marvel at a mass of $1 lunch offers within walking distance.

LivingSocial $1 lunch vouchers will be available for purchase beginning at 6:00 a.m. PT and will be available for redemption from 11:00 a.m. PT to 2:00 p.m. PT(1) on Wednesday, July 13, only.

How to nab the best bargains by the Bay:

    --  Step One: Download the latest version of the LivingSocial mobile
        application(2) to your iPhone, iPad or Android device. When the app
        opens, click on Instant Deals. Or, visit the LivingSocial Instant Deals
        website and select "San Francisco" as your city.
    --  Step Two: Take your pick from the list of available Instant Deals near
        your current coordinates, and pay one dollar per voucher.
    --  Step Three: Hoof it to the merchant location and display your Instant
        Deals voucher on your mobile device (or print a hard copy from your
        computer) at check-out.

Drum roll, please. Take a gander at just a few of the fine establishments who are signed on for San Francisco's $1 lunch day:

    --  Bistro Burger
    --  San Francisco Soup Company (Multiple Locations)
    --  Kyoto Sushi
    --  Kennedy's Irish Pub & Curry House
    --  And many more!

San Francisco is the third LivingSocial Instant Deals rollout this year. In March, LivingSocial Instant Deals was introduced in Washington, D.C. and a month later more than 27,000 $1 lunch vouchers were sold within a 14-mile area. In June, LivingSocial members purchased more than 15,000 $1 lunch vouchers within approximately four square miles in Midtown Manhattan celebrating the arrival of Instant Deals in New York City.

"We are excited to launch LivingSocial Instant Deals in a city known for both cutting-edge technology and fantastic food," said Tim O'Shaughnessy, CEO and co-founder of LivingSocial. "Dollar Lunch Day is a perfect way to bring foodies, early adopters and LivingSocial members together to scour old stomping grounds and discover new favorites throughout San Francisco."

As the source for handpicked deals at a great value, LivingSocial invests in members and merchants in every market in which the company operates. Merchants are aligned with a local, knowledgeable contact who lives, works and plays in their city. Sales and marketing personnel work closely with merchants to craft deals and determine the most profitable and marketable offer structure.

LivingSocial Instant Deals revolutionizes the way merchants market their businesses and consumers discover the best experiences in their neighborhood. Local merchants work with LivingSocial's team of on-the-ground local commerce experts to craft deals and optimize traffic through their doors. Unlike LivingSocial daily deals, which are live for 24 hours, Instant Deals are live for a short period of time, providing increased opportunity for businesses to enhance their customer base.

LivingSocial plans to roll-out Instant Deals in more U.S. locations soon. For a full list of LivingSocial cities or to subscribe, go to livingsocial.com. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/livingsocial, or join us on Facebook at facebook.com/livingsocial.

About LivingSocial

LivingSocial adds surprise to every calendar with handpicked daily deals you can share with friends. Members enjoy at least 50 percent off on the coolest, local experiences. Local business owners get an easy and cost effective marketing tool to attract new, loyal customers. In 2010, one of the fastest growing companies in the space expanded with LivingSocial Escapes offering a "vacation in a box" for easy weekend trips at great value. Based in Washington, D.C., the international company has saved nearly 39 million subscribers more than half a billion dollars in more than 20 countries on 6 continents.

(1)  Offerings and hours of operation may vary by location and the price tag includes sales tax (gratuities not included.)

(2)  Members must download the latest version of the mobile application.

SOURCE  LivingSocial

LivingSocial

CONTACT: LivingSocial Media Hotline, 1-855-LIV-SOCL (1-855-548-7625), publicrelations@livingsocial.com

Web Site: http://www.livingsocial.com

ComponentOne Joins Esri Partner Network

Partnership Provides an Easy Way for Visual Studio Users to Add Mapping to Their Applications

PITTSBURGH, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --ComponentOne, the leader in developer-productivity tools essential to build enterprise-level applications for the desktop, Web, and mobile devices, has formed a partnership with Esri, the market leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology.

Today, ComponentOne's Director of Business Development Todd Schick announced that ComponentOne's user-interface controls will be powered by Esri's mapping software in the third quarter of 2011.

"By incorporating Esri mapping and GIS technology into ComponentOne's controls for Microsoft Visual Studio, developers will easily be able to incorporate mapping into their applications," said Schick.

The partnership will foster collaborative software development between GIS and IT organizations. "By working together, ComponentOne and Esri can provide businesses with the ability to improve  analysis and decision-making by integrating geographic information into their existing workflows," said Josh Lewis, Director Esri Partner Network

"It's very clear that maps are a powerful visualization tool that let users gain new insights into their data. By combining maps with ComponentOne's existing charting, datagrid, and reporting technologies, developers now have a comprehensive toolbox for unmatched data visualization and analysis," said Schick.

ComponentOne is exhibiting at the Esri International User Conference (UC), July 12-14 in San Diego, California. ComponentOne is planning to host a number of activities during the Esri International User Conference, including a prize drawing and complimentary product evaluations at its booth #1011 located in the Exhibition Pavilion.   

For a full list of ComponentOne's controls, visit http://www.componentone.com and to sign up for the upcoming release that runs with Esri software, visit http://www.componetnone.com/esri.

About ComponentOne

An innovation leader and premier partner of Microsoft since 1987, ComponentOne has been providing developers, architects, and designers with enterprise solutions. The ComponentOne award-winning flagship product, Studio Enterprise has helped developers to deliver rich, responsive desktop, web, and mobile applications on time and under budget. By partnering with Esri, developers will have the necessary tools to integrate maps into existing (and new) business applications.  Visit us at http://www.componentone.com.

About Esri

Since 1969, Esri has been giving customers around the world the power to think and plan geographically. The market leader in geographic information system (GIS) technology, Esri software is used in more than 300,000 organizations worldwide including each of the 200 largest cities in the United States, most national governments, more than two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities. Esri applications, running on more than one million desktops and thousands of Web and enterprise servers, provide the backbone for the world's mapping and spatial analysis. Esri is the only vendor that provides complete technical solutions for desktop, mobile, server, and Internet platforms. Visit us at esri.com/news.

Esri, and esri.com, are trademarks, registered trademarks, or service marks of Esri in the United States, the European Community, or certain other jurisdictions. Other companies and products mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective trademark owners

All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE  ComponentOne

ComponentOne

CONTACT: Eve Turzillo, Communications Manager, +1-412-681-4343, press@componentone.com

Web Site: http://www.componentone.com

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. Launches Second-Generation Etch Tool for 22nm and Beyond Critical Process Requirements

Primo AD-RIE(TM) tool delivers optimal combination of technology innovations and productivity

SAN FRANCISCO, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- This week at SEMICON West, Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. (AMEC) will launch the Primo AD-RIE(TM) tool - the company's second-generation 300mm very high frequency Advanced Decoupled Reactive Ion Etch (AD-RIE) system for 22nm and beyond critical process requirements.  Leveraging the field-proven capabilities of the earlier Primo D-RIE(TM) tool, the Primo AD-RIE features technical innovations to tackle the challenges that complicate the production of leading-edge film stacks, while ensuring superior on-wafer performance.  They include: an advanced RF system for process stability and repeatability; better tunability techniques for ultra-fine Critical Dimension(CD) uniformity, and enhanced chamber materials for higher yields and lower defects.

Like its predecessor, the Primo AD-RIE delivers a capital productivity gain of 35 to 50 percent when compared to the industry standard.  Overall cost of ownership is reduced by 20 to 40 percent.  A compact footprint -- at least 30 percent smaller than the largest competitive system -- completes the solution, making the Primo AD-RIE the most productive and capital-efficient advanced etch tool on the market today.

Tool shipments will begin in the third quarter.  The first Primo AD-RIE will go to a tier-one foundry in Asia.  The earlier Primo D-RIE tool will continue to be used for all applications above 22nm, and for non-critical applications at 22nm and beyond.

The new tool hits the market at a challenging time for fab managers.  Relentless scaling and the integration of new materials present technical obstacles, while escalating capex costs are impacting margins.  For etch tool vendors, this means innovating process solutions that are advanced, robust and reliable, but also uncomplicated and capital-efficient.  This is AMEC's sweet spot.  And it's why more than 30 AMEC tools are positioned today at nine customer sites in Asia.  This includes every top foundry in the world.  To keep pace with demand, AMEC is currently expanding its manufacturing capacity in China.  Also this year, the company will complete a new final assembly and test facility in Zhunan, Taiwan.

"While customers still want the newest and most advanced process technologies, they are more cost-sensitive than ever," said Michael Chu, Vice President of AMEC's Etch Product Business Group.  "The Primo AD-RIE offers the optimal combination of technology innovations and capital productivity for advanced critical processes. This means customers can tackle aggressive process targets with virtually no productivity sacrifice.  We are already experiencing strong interest in the tool from established and new customers."

The Primo AD-RIE: Building on Technology Innovations Embodied in the Primo D-RIE Tool

The Primo AD-RIE boosts the technology innovations of AMEC's first-generation etch system, while greatly expanding its process reach.  Central to the tool is a novel mini-batch cluster architecture that can be flexibly configured with up to three dual-station process modules for optimum throughput.  Each module is capable of dual- or- single-wafer processing.  A unique chamber design that incorporates proprietary plasma confinement and showerhead technology enables superior on-wafer performance.  Several essential features further equip the tool for sub-28nm critical process requirements.  They include: 2-13.5Mhz switchable RF in addition to the existing 60MHz RF, for a much wider process window; unique RF input with symmetrical power distribution for more uniform plasma density, and triple-zone gas distribution with dual tuning gases for fine etch uniformity tuning. A novel ESC enhances wafer temperature control and further optimizes CD uniformity.

System Features and Advantages:

    --  Decoupled, dual-frequency RIE that enables independent ion density and
        energy control for effective process control knobs;
    --  Symmetrically distributed and direct RF feed for VHF RF that enables
        precise control for repeatable results in a high-volume production
        environment;
    --  Proprietary, plasma confinement that enables process stability with high
        flow conductance for a wide process window;
    --  Independent RF onboard uniformity control unit and endpoint control per
        station that enables each wafer to run in a single-chamber environment;
    --  Bottom-powered, high-frequency RF that enables stable, low pressure,
        high plasma density strip to preserve the integrity of low-k materials;
    --  Proprietary, self-isolated RF match for quick, repeatable
        frequency-tuning capability;
    --  High-purity, plasma-resistant chamber materials for near-zero
        defectivity and low cost of consumables;
    --  Direct resistive top electrode heating with closed-loop control that
        enables precise and speedy temperature control for consistent wafer
        processing;
    --  Mini-batch cluster architecture - featuring up to six single-wafer
        process stations that delivers excellent throughput in a smaller
        footprint;
    --  Modular system architecture for easy installation and maintenance.

About Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc. (AMEC)

AMEC provides advanced micro-fabrication equipment to global semiconductor manufacturers and leading companies in adjacent high-tech sectors.  Customers use our Etch technology to build the complex devices that power today's electronics and other products.  Our advanced systems deliver the optimum combination of technology innovations and productivity for the 65/45/32/28/22nm process nodes and beyond.  We're Asia-based with headquarters in China.  We also maintain R&D, manufacturing, business and support operations in Japan, Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.  To learn more, please visit http://www.amec-inc.com.

Primo D-RIE and Primo AD-RIE are registered trademarks of AMEC.

SOURCE  Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Corp.

Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Corp.

CONTACT: Jane Evans-Ryan; Genuity PR for AMEC, +1-408-489-6391, jane@genuitypr.com

Web Site: http://www.amec-inc.com

Trend Micro Helps IT Embrace Consumerization with New Enterprise Mobile Solution

New Trend Micro(TM) Mobile Security 7 enables organizations and employees to realize the increased productivity of the consumerization of IT by mitigating security, data protection and device management risks.

CUPERTINO, Calif., July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704;TSE: 4704) a global cloud security leader, is helping organizations embrace consumerization and unlock full business potential.  As personal and professional lives become more intertwined, employees are using their own consumer-grade tablets, smartphones and PCs for work - regardless of company policies.

The consumerization of IT carries with it a unique blend of strategic and operational challenges. The lack of a planned approach to consumerization creates security risk, financial exposure and a management nightmare for IT. Despite these risks, the consumerization of IT represents a great opportunity for organizations of all sizes to drive increases in productivity, business agility, and customer and employee satisfaction.

A recent survey by Trend Micro of enterprise IT(1) decision-makers revealed several important points about the way consumerization is proceeding in corporate IT environments:

    --  74 percent of respondents already allow employees to use personal
        devices for work-related activities. The majority of end-users favor
        these devices because they are easier to use, more convenient, and allow
        them to mix personal and work.
    --  Half of IT decision-makers responded that companies should offer full
        support for employee-owned devices, with a caveat: 79 percent said that
        employees should be required to install mobile security solutions on
        their personal mobile devices.
    --  80 percent of respondents think that the presence of corporate data on a
        mobile device puts it at greater risk of attack.
    --  69 percent of respondents agreed that mobile device security is a key
        component for protecting their IT environments from employee-owned
        mobile devices; with 71 percent of respondents consider a combination of
        mobile device security and mobile device management to be the most
        effective means of addressing the security and management challenges of
        consumerization.

"The pressure to allow and support different devices purchased by employees raises new IT challenges," said Cesare Garlati, senior director for consumerization at Trend Micro. "With Trend Micro Mobile Security 7, IT personnel can begin to meet these challenges and allow their companies to take full advantage of the benefits from consumerization."

As a leader in the consumerization of IT, Trend Micro enables organizations to take a proactive approach to protect, manage and secure mobile devices and the corporate data they carry.

Trend Micro Mobile Security7 for enterprises/businesses extends protection beyond traditional PCs to secure data on a wide range of consumer-grade mobile devices, such as Android(TM) devices, iPhones and iPads. With threat prevention, data protection, and mobile device management under a single point of control, Trend Micro Mobile Security 7 enables organizations to protect data, limit data loss incidents and reduce the operational costs of managing employee-owned mobile devices.

Trend Micro Mobile Security 7 key features include:

Centralized, Single Console Management that features a proven, reliable, and scalable central management framework and allows for managing from a single console the security and configuration of PCs and mobile devices.

Mobile Device Management provides centralized enrollment, provisioning, and de-provisioning for network and application access, and critical visibility into devices and status, enabling IT administrators to take proactive control and reduce the cost of support.

Data Protection allowsremote lock and wipe of corporate data if a device is lost or stolen, permits feature-lock to disable cameras, Bluetooth® sets, and SD card readers, and provides device inventory and location tracking.

Mobile Device Security provides malware protection leveraging cloud-based intelligence from the Trend Micro(TM) Smart Protection Network(TM) infrastructure, firewall/IDS, call and message filtering and logging, and enforces passwords when powering-on the device.

Broad Platform Support suppliesseamless cross-platform security, regardless of device form factor for: Android, iOS, Windows, and Symbian.

Trend Micro recommends companies take a strategic approach to consumerization by engaging executives and business units in the development of consumerization policies; having a plan that clearly defines which technologies are supported, versus which are tolerated or even prohibited; and deploying enterprise-grade infrastructure to address security and compliance, centralized management, and cost control.

Trend Micro Mobile Security 7 is available as a standalone solution for businesses, as plug-in for the Trend Micro(TM) OfficeScan(TM) product, or as part of the following security suites: Trend Micro(TM) Enterprise Security for Endpoints Advanced, Trend Micro(TM) Enterprise Security for Endpoints & Mail Servers, Trend Micro(TM) Enterprise Security Suite.

Enterprise solutions that complement Trend Micro Mobile Security 7 include: Trend Micro OfficeScan, Trend Micro(TM) Virtual Desktop Security solutions, Trend Micro(TM) Endpoint Encryption, and Trend Micro(TM) Data Loss Prevention.

U.S. Pricing and Availability

Trend Micro Mobile Security 7 is available August 1, 2011, pricing varies by volume purchased, but cost per user is US$23.70 for 251 users. Trend Micro(TM) Mobile Security currently supports personal Windows, Symbian and Android devices.

For further information, explore the following links:

Analyst Video on Consumerization http://www.trendmicro.com/GartnerConsumerization

Managing And Securing Consumerized Enterprise IT Trend Micro White Paper

Why You Should Embrace Consumerization

About Trend Micro

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(1) The survey conducted by Trend Micro surveyed 200 enterprise IT decision-makers on consumerization in their organizations.

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